4. We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command.
5. May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
6. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
7. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,