2Th 2 Thessalonians, chapter Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, chapter 3
We command you to disassociate yourselves from every fellow believer who refuses to work.
2 Thessalonians 3:6-11
Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay that person for it. Instead, we worked very hard ◄to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed►. We worked hard [DOU] during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you to supply what we needed.