¹¹ For we hear that some of you are living irresponsibly, mere busybodies, not doing any work.^(A)

¹³ Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.^(A)

¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.^[a](A)

Warning against Idleness

⁶ Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister living irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they^[a] received from us.^(A)

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