⁶Brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we order you not to associate with any believer who doesn’t live a disciplined life and doesn’t follow the tradition you received from us. ⁷You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a disciplined life among you. ⁸We didn’t eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. ⁹It’s not as though we didn’t have a right to receive support. Rather, we wanted to set an example for you to follow. ¹⁰While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.”

¹¹We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You’re not working, so you go around interfering in other people’s lives. ¹²We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to pay attention to their own work so they can support themselves. ¹³Brothers and sisters, we can’t allow ourselves to get tired of doing what is right.

¹⁴It may be that some people will not listen to what we say in this letter. Take note of them and don’t associate with them so that they will feel ashamed. ¹⁵Yet, don’t treat them like enemies, but instruct them like brothers and sisters.

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