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It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.[a] 10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.” 11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life,[b] not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:9 tn Grk “an example for you to imitate us.”
  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:11 tn Grk “walking in an undisciplined way” (“walking” is a common NT idiom for one’s way of life or conduct).
  3. 2 Thessalonians 3:11 tn There is a play on words in the Greek: “working at nothing, but working around,” “not keeping busy but being busybodies.”