³ and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.^(A)

²⁰ Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.^(A)

²⁴ Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.^(A)

¹¹ and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,^(A) just as we told you,

¹³ Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies^(A) who talk nonsense,^(B) saying things they ought not to.