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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
We did not behave disorderly, that is, we did not remain in idleness. By "disorderliness" the apostle here means doing nothing, as he did above. For God ordained that man should be in labor, and for this purpose furnished him with members suited to it; so that whoever remains idle steps out of the order of God. Note that the apostle called "free bread" what he received as sustenance from them. But it was not free, because he was preaching. And the laborer is worthy of his sustenance. …
Cyprian
Let them imitate the Lord, who at the very time of His passion was not more proud, but more humble. For then He washed His disciples' feet, saying, "If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." Let them also follow the example of the Apostle Paul, who, after often-repeated imprisonment, after scourging, after exposures to wild beasts, in everything continued meek and humble; and even after his rapture to the …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Of course, there are those who misunderstand the same apostle when he writes, "He who was apt to steal, let him steal no longer; but let him labor, doing good with his hands, that he may have something to give to one who has need." For, when he is ordering such persons to work so efficiently with their hands that they will also have something to bestow on others, his misinterpreters believe that he is going counter to the instruction which the Lord gives when he says, "Look at the birds of the air: they do not sow, or reap, or gather …
Thomas Aquinas
"Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labor and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you," because he labored with the work of his hands. "You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me" (Acts 20:34). "She has not eaten her bread idle" (Prov 31:27). "You know that I have never accepted so much as a donkey from them" (Num 16:15). …
Bonaventure
This same thing is apparent through the apostolic example, Second Thessalonians three: You yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, for we were not disorderly among you, nor did we eat bread from anyone without paying, but in labor and toil, etc.; Gloss: "The Apostle was a model for those who were of slender means among the people, that they might learn not to lose their freedom. …
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