1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye studie to be quiet, and to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commanded you,
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Proverbs 17:1Better is a dry morsell, if peace be with it, then an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Lamentations 3:26It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.
Luke 12:42And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?
Acts 20:35I haue shewed you all things, howe that so labouring, ye ought to support the weake, and to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesus, howe that hee saide, It is a blessed thing to giue, rather then to receiue.
Romans 12:11Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,
1 Corinthians 4:12And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
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 →