Be Trustworthy
It is of course required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. (1 Corinthians 4:2)
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you. It was not because we have not that right, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate (2 Thessalonian 3:7-9).
Do not Live in Idleness
Do not Live in Idleness
For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If any one will not work, let him not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work (2 Thessalonian 3:10-11).
Work in Quietness and Earn your Own Living
Work in Quietness and Earn your Own Living
Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work in quietness and to earn their own living (2 Thessalonian 3:12).
The tree is made manifest by its fruit; so those that profess themselves to be Christians shall be recognized by their conduct. For there is not now a demand for mere profession, but that a man be found continuing in the power of faith to the end (St. Ignatius).
With those who are perfect and walk with simplicity, there is nothing small and contemptible, if it be a thing that pleases God; for the pleasure of God is the object at which alone they aim, and which is the reason, the measure, and the reward of all their occupations, actions, and plans; and so, in whatever they find this, it is for them a great and important thing (St. Alphonsus Rodriguez).
