It is not that we don’t have the right(A) to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate(B) us. 10 In fact, when we were with you, this is what we commanded you: “If anyone isn’t willing to work, he should not eat.”(C) 11 For we hear that there are some among you who are idle. They are not busy but busybodies.(D)

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We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(A) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(B) 10 For even when we were with you,(C) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(D) shall not eat.”

11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.(E)

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