and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips an
Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to giv
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the d
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesu
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone e
and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,