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27 She carefully watches everything in her household
    and suffers nothing from laziness.

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10 She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to strangers and served other believers humbly?[a] Has she helped those who are in trouble? Has she always been ready to do good?

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Footnotes

  1. 5:10 Greek and washed the feet of God’s holy people?

These older women must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children,

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An Exhortation to Proper Living

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers[a] who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received[b] from us.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6a Greek from every brother.
  2. 3:6b Some manuscripts read you received.

14 A wise woman builds her home,
    but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

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11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

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