Warning Against Idleness
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Now we command you, brothers, 1in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2that you keep away from any 3brother 4who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
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For you yourselves know 5how you ought to imitate us, because 6we were not idle when we were with you,
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nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but 7with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
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It was 8not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves 9an example to imitate.
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For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: 10If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.
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Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.a
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As for you, brothers, 13do not grow weary in doing good.
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If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and 14have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
2 Tessalonicenses 3:6
mandamo-vos, irmãos, em nome do Senhor Jesus Cristo, que vos aparteis de todo irmão que anda desordenadamente, e não segundo a tradição que de nós recebestes.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
2 Thessalonians 3:6
But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which he received from us.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
2 Tessalonicenses 3:6
Irmãos, em nome do nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo nós ordenamos que se afastem de todo irmão que vive ociosamente e não conforme a tradição que vocês receberam de nós.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)