Wise women build houses, but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands.

and that you aspire to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother living in idleness, and not according the tradition which they received from us.

having a reputation for good works, if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

so that they may urge the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,