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nor oude did we eat esthiō anyone’ s tis food artos without paying dōrean for it. Instead alla we kept working ergazomai night nyx and kai day hēmera with en toil kopos and kai hardship mochthos, so pros we would not be a burden epibareō to any tis of you hymeis, not ou because hoti we do not ou have echō the right exousia, but alla in order to hina make didōmi ourselves heautou an example typos for you hymeis to eis imitate mimeomai. 10 For gar even kai when hote we were eimi with pros you hymeis, we gave you hymeis this houtos charge parangellō: “ If ei anyone tis is not ou willing thelō to work ergazomai, then he should not mēde eat esthiō.”

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nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked(A) night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(B) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(C) 10 For even when we were with you,(D) we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work(E) shall not eat.”

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