³ and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and ^(A)they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

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

¹⁰ For even ^(A)when we were with you, we used to command this to you: ^(B)if anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you are ^(C)walking in an unruly manner, doing no work at all, but acting like ^(D)busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and ^(E)exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that ^(F)working with quietness, they eat their own bread.