Let no one deceive you by any means. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the revealing of the Man of Sin, the son of perdition,

I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you.

For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."

If any man does not give heed to what I have said in this letter, mark that man; do not associate with him, so as to make him feel ashamed;