2 Thessalonians 3:7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷ For you yourselves know how you ought to ^[a](A)follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you, ⁸ nor did we ^(B)eat ^[b]anyone’s bread ^[c]without paying for it, but with ^(C)labor and hardship we kept ^(D)working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; ⁹ not because we do not have ^(E)the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves ^(F)as a role model for you, so that you would ^[d]follow our example.