2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 - Warning Against Lazy, Irresponsible Behavior

⁶ In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us. ⁷ For you yourselves know what you must do to imitate us. We never lived in idleness among you. ⁸ We did not eat anyone's food without paying for it. Instead, with toil and labor we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you. ⁹ It is not as though we did not have that right, but we wanted to give you an example to follow. ¹⁰ While we were with you, we gave this order: "If anyone doesn't want to work, he shouldn't eat." ¹¹ We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working you are busy interfering in other people's lives! ¹² We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. ¹³ Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right.

¹⁴ If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of him. Have nothing to do with him so that he will feel ashamed. ¹⁵ Yet, don't treat him like an enemy, but warn him like a brother.