¹⁵ But ^(A)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^(B)as a meddler.

¹¹ and to aspire ^(A)to live quietly, and ^(B)to mind your own affairs, and ^(C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

¹³ Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also ^(A)gossips and ^(B)busybodies, saying what they should not.

¹¹ For we hear that some among you ^(A)walk in idleness, not busy at work, but ^(B)busybodies.

¹⁷ For ^(A)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

¹⁹ For this is a gracious thing, when, ^(A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. ²⁰ For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^(B)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

^9 (A)for which I am suffering, ^(B)bound with chains as a criminal. But ^(C)the word of God is not bound!

^11 (A)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ^(B)on my account.