1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that you make it your study to live peaceably, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we have enjoined you;

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 indeed ye practise it towards all the brethren that are throughout Macedonia: but we conjure you, brethren, to abound more and more;

12that ye walk becomingly towards those without, and need no assistance from any person.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42And the Lord said, Who indeed is a faithful steward, and prudent, whom the lord will place over his household, to give them their proportion of provision at the proper season?

Acts 20:35In all things I have set you the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to help the infirm, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

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

1 Corinthians 4:12and work hard, labouring with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we 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 →

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