6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you ^bkeep away from any brother who is walking in ^cidleness and not in accord with the ^dtradition that you received from us. 7 For ^eyou yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and ^flabor we worked night and day, ^gthat we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 ^hIt was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.