1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that you earnestly endeavor to live quietly, and that you attend to your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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

10and indeed you do this to all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that you abound in love more and more,

12in order that you may walk with propriety toward those who are without, and may have need of nothing.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Acts 20:35In all things I have taught you by example, that by thus laboring, you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus; for he himself said, It is more blessed to give, than to receive.

Romans 12:11in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;

1 Corinthians 4:12and labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when 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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