and to make it your ambitionto lead a quiet lifeand attendto your ownbusiness and workwith your hands,justas we commandedyou,
Betteris a drymorseland quietnesswith it Thana housefullof feastingwith strife.
The beginningof strifeis [like] lettingout water,So abandonthe quarrelbeforeit breaksout.
One handfullof restis betterthantwo fistsfullof laborand strivingafter wind.
[It is] goodthat he waitssilentlyFor the salvationof the LORD.
"[It is] likea manaway on a journey,[who] upon leavinghis houseand puttinghis slavesin charge,[assigning] to each onehis task,alsocommandedthe doorkeeperto stay on the alert.
and becausehe was of the same trade,he stayedwith them and they were working,for by tradethey were tent-makers.
"In everythingI showedyou that by working hardin this manneryou musthelpthe weakand rememberthe wordsof the LordJesus,that He Himselfsaid,'It is moreblessedto givethanto receive.'"
not lagging behindin diligence,ferventin spirit,servingthe Lord;
And thusI aspiredto preach the gospel,not whereChristwas [already] named,sothat I would not buildon another man'sfoundation;
and we toil,workingwith our ownhands;when we are reviled,we bless;when we are persecuted,we endure;
Thereforewe alsohave as our ambition,whetherat homeorabsent,to be pleasingto Him.
He who stealsmust stealno longer;but ratherhe must labor,performingwith his ownhandswhat is good,sothat he will have[something] to sharewith onewho hasneed.
for kingsand allwho are in authority,sothat we may leada tranquiland quietlifein allgodlinessand dignity.
At the same timethey alsolearn[to be] idle,as they go aroundfrom house to house;and not merelyidle,but alsogossipsand busybodies,talkingabout things not proper[to mention].
Our peoplemust alsolearnto engagein gooddeedsto meet pressingneeds,sothat they will not be unfruitful.
but [let it be] the hiddenpersonof the heart,with the imperishable qualityof a gentleand quietspirit,whichis preciousin the sightof God.
Makesure that noneof you suffersas a murderer,orthief,orevildoer,ora troublesome meddler;
