neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
The chief complaint against the brethren who walk disorderly is that they will not work for their bread--they expect the church to support and feed them. Members of the congregation are right to resist this demand, telling them to return to their occupations and eat their own bread. The principle laid down in verse 10 is as applicable now as it was then "...that if any would not work, neither should he eat."