She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.
and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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