⁹ 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]