For you knowwhatcommandmentswe gaveyou by [the authority of] the LordJesus.
"Sonof man,I have appointedyou a watchmanto the houseof Israel;whenever you heara wordfrom My mouth,warnthem from Me.
teachingthem to observeallthat I commandedyou; and lo,I amwith you always,evento the endof the age."
to thosewho are withoutlaw,as withoutlaw,though not beingwithout the lawof Godbut under the lawof Christ,sothat I might winthosewho are without law.
Finallythen,brethren,we requestand exhortyou in the LordJesus,that as you receivedfrom us [instruction] as to howyou oughtto walkand pleaseGod(justas you actuallydo walk),that you excelstill more.
For thisis the willof God,your sanctification;[that is], that you abstainfrom sexual immorality;
For evenwhenwe were with you, we used to giveyou thisorder:ifanyoneis not willingto work,thenhe is not to eat,either.
Nowwe commandyou, brethren,in the nameof our LordJesusChrist,that you keep awayfrom everybrotherwho leadsan unrulylifeand not accordingto the traditionwhichyou receivedfrom us.
