1 Thessalonians 4:11

And study to be quiet and be occupied with your own employments, and work with your hands, as we have admonished you;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 so do you to all the brethren who are in all Makedunia; but I beseech of you, my brethren, to excel.

12that you may walk becomingly towards the outward-ones, and of man you may not need.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42Jeshu said to him, Who then is that steward, faithful and wise, whom his lord hath established over his service, to give the portion in its time?

Acts 20:35And I have shown you every thing, (that) so it behoveth to labour, and to be careful of those who are infirm, and to remember the word of our Lord Jeshu, that he said, He is blessed who giveth, more than he who receiveth.

Romans 12:11Be diligent, and not slothful, be fervent in spirit, be serving your Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:12and we labour, working with our hands. They revile us, and we bless; they persecute us, and 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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