and so became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. [Note: These two provinces make up present-day Greece].

[We also urge you to] make it your aim to live a quiet life, and to attend to your own business matters, and to work with your hands, as we urged you. [Note: Possibly this exhortation was directed toward the tendency of some people there to neglect ordinary responsibilities in view of an imminent return of Christ].

Make sure that no one does anything wrong to someone who wrongs him, but always look for something good you can do for one another and for everyone.