1 Thessalonians 4:12
and to walk honestly with those who are outside, and to desire nothing belonging to another.
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In The King James Version
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 4:11And he said to them: “To you, it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those who are outside, everything is presented in parables:
Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the daylight, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and sexual immorality, not in contention and envy.
2 Corinthians 8:20So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.
Philippians 4:8Concerning the rest, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is chaste, whatever is just, whatever is holy, whatever is worthy to be loved, whatever is of good repute, if there is any virtue, if there is any praiseworthy discipline: meditate on these.
1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every kind of evil.
Titus 2:8with sound words, irreproachably, so that he who is an opponent may dread that he has nothing evil to say about us.
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 →