1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that you aspire to be quiet, and to prosecute your own employments, and work with your hands, as we proclaimed unto you;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

10for you indeed are doing the same thing unto all the brethren in all Macedonia. And we exhort you, brethren, that you abound more and more;

12in order that you may walk about circumspectly toward the aliens, and you may have need of nothing.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?

Acts 20:35I have shown you all things, that it so behooveth you laboring to assist the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Romans 12:11not slothful in business; boiling over in spirit; serving the Lord;

1 Corinthians 4:12and we toil working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure 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 →

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