NET Bible
"For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,"
— 2 Thessalonians 3:7, NET Bible
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”
“For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; ”
“For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you,”
“For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you.”
“For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,”
“For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;”
And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.
Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.
Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.
For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”