It is with this view also that we continually pray to our God for you, asking that He will count you worthy of His call, and by His mighty power fully gratify your every desire for what is truly good and make your work of faith complete;

For lawlessness is already at work in secret; but only until the man who is now exercising a restraining influence is removed,

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

For even when we were with you, we laid down this rule for you: "If a man does not choose to work, neither shall he eat."

To persons of that sort our injunction--and our command by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ--is that they are to work quietly and eat their own honestly-earned bread.