Syntax error that makes no sense to me

Question

I was just starting a small program for fun and I got the error Syntax error on token ";", { expected after this token after the static int declaration.

class Counter {
    public static int counter;  

    for(;;) {

    }
}

public class Application {
    public static void main(String args[]) {

    }
}

Answer 1

The for statement should be in a code block such as method rather than the class block

Answer 2

You have to put the for statement and body in a method.