# with quietness

"in a quiet, peaceful, and mild manner." Paul exhorts the meddlers to stop getting involved in other people's affairs.

# eat their own bread

Bread here is a synecdoche for any kind of food. See how "bread" is translated in [verse 8](./08.md). Alternate translation: "eat their own food" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])