Catholic Public Domain Version

2 Thessalonians 3:5-10 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

5. And may the Lord direct your hearts, in the charity of God and with the patience of Christ.

6. But we strongly caution you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to draw yourselves away from every brother who is walking in disorder and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

7. For you yourselves know the manner in which you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you.

8. Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to you.

9. It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us.

10. Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat.