⁷ And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, `Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou `and' thy sons do live of the rest.'

⁷ for yourselves have known how it behoveth `you' to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;

⁸ nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

⁹ not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

¹⁰ for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

¹¹ for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

¹² and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;

²² And the word of God is unto Shemaiah a man of God, saying,

²¹ The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

¹⁷ giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

⁸ As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as `are' grave, as many as `are' righteous, as many as `are' pure, as many as `are' lovely, as many as `are' of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

⁹ for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

¹⁰ ye `are' witnesses -- God also -- how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,

¹² that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.