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- Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
- Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.
- …and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
- But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. …
- For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.