For what praise is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you endure it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you endure it patiently, this is favorable with God.

Blessed are you when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say every evil word against you falsely because of Me.

for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of bonds; but the Word of God is not bound.

that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.