1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

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In The King James Version

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

In Context

10For ye are also doing it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more,

12so that ye may walk properly toward those outside, and may have nothing lacking.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Lamentations 3:26It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of LORD.

Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?

Acts 20:35I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Romans 12:11not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

1 Corinthians 4:12And we toil, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:10-13

Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 51.) 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. In these words… Read the whole commentary →

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