¹⁷ Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

^9 (A)For six days you shall labor and do all your work,

¹² The sleep of the laborer is ^(A)sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the ^[a]full stomach of the rich person does not allow him to sleep.

^33 (A)I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes. ³⁴ You yourselves know that ^(B)these hands served my own needs and the ^(C)men who were with me. ³⁵ In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

²⁸ The one who steals must no longer steal; but rather ^(A)he must labor, ^(B)producing with his own hands what is good, ^(C)so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.

¹¹ and to make it your ambition ^(A)to lead a quiet life and ^(B)attend to your own business and ^(C)work with your hands, just as we instructed you, ¹² so that you will ^[a](D)behave properly toward ^(E)outsiders and ^[b](F)not be in any need.

⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to ^[a](A)follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you, ⁸ nor did we ^(B)eat ^[b]anyone’s bread ^[c]without paying for it, but with ^(C)labor and hardship we kept ^(D)working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; ⁹ not because we do not have ^(E)the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves ^(F)as a role model for you, so that you would ^[d]follow our example. ¹⁰ For even ^(G)when we were with you, we used to give you this order: ^(H)if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you are ^(I)leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like ^(J)busybodies. ¹² Now we command and ^(K)exhort such persons in the Lord Jesus Christ to ^(L)work ^[e]peacefully and eat their own bread. ¹³ But as for you, ^(M)brothers and sisters, ^(N)do not grow weary of doing good.

¹⁴ If anyone does not obey our ^[f]instruction ^[g](O)in this letter, take special note of that person so as ^(P)not to associate with him, so that he will be ^(Q)put to shame. ¹⁵ And yet ^(R)do not regard that person as an enemy, but ^[h](S)admonish that one as a ^(T)brother or sister.

¹³ ‘^(A)You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. ^(B)The wages of a hired worker are not to remain with you all night until morning.

¹⁴ “^(A)You shall not exploit a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your strangers who are in your land in your ^[a]towns. ^15 (B)You shall give him his wages on his day ^[b]before the sun sets—for he is poor and sets his ^[c]heart on it—so that ^(C)he does not cry out against you to the Lord, and it becomes a sin in you.