He that will not work, neither let him eat — from Paul’s letter
to the Thessalonians, where he writes:
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not
ourselves disorderly among you; Neither did we eat any man’s bread for
nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might
not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to
make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. For even when we were
with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither
should he eat.
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