2 Thessalonians 3:8-12

English Standard Version

⁸ nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but ^(A)with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. ⁹ It was ^(B)not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^(C)an example to imitate. ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: ^(D)If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you ^(E)walk in idleness, not busy at work, but ^(F)busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.^[a]