But let none of y’all suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or one who meddles in the affairs of others.
For we hear that some among y’all are living disordered lives. They don’t actually work, but busy themselves with useless matters.
to seek to lead a quiet life, to manage your own affairs, and to work with your* own hands, just as we instructed y’all,
Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things that are not proper.
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
for which I am suffering to the point of being bound as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
“Blessed are y’all when people insult you*, persecute you*, and falsely say all kinds of evil against y’all, because of me.
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, no one is guilty of bloodshed for him.
But even if y’all should suffer for the sake of righteousness, y’all are blessed. “Y’all must not fear what they fear, and do not be troubled.”