1 Thessalonians 4:11
to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,
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12and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:1A dry morsel with gladness is better than a house full of sacrifices along with conflict.
Lamentations 3:26TETH. It is good to stand ready in silence for the salvation of God.
Luke 12:42So the Lord said: “Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?
Acts 20:35I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Romans 12:11in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
1 Corinthians 4:12And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution.
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 →