17 lines
543 B
Markdown
17 lines
543 B
Markdown
# to aspire
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"to try to"
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# live quietly
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Paul uses the word "quietly" to describe living at peace in one's community and not causing strife. Alternate translation: "live in a calm and orderly way”
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# take care of your own responsibilities
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"do your own work" or "take care of the things that you are responsible for" or "do the things that you are responsible to do". This may also imply that we should not gossip and interfere in other people's concerns.
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# labor with your hands
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"work at your own jobs to earn what you need to live"
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