you would not by any pretended revelation, by any discourse or epistle ascrib'd to us, be immediately perplex'd in your minds, or under any concern for the approach of the day of the Lord.

Let not any man deceive you in any way, because if not, the defection may come first, and he may be revealed--the man of sin, the son of destruction,

Now we charge you, brothers, on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to hold yourselves aloof from any brother who is living as a shirker instead of following the teachings you received from us.

I did not eat any man's bread without paying for it, but with toil and hard labor I worked night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

But be not you, my brethren, discouraged from well-doing. And if any obey not our order,

And if any man does not obey our word by this letter, note that man, and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.