1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that ye strive to be quiet, and to attend to your own affairs; and that ye labor with your own hands; as we directed you;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

10Ye likewise do so, to all the brethren who are in all Macedonia: but I entreat you, my brethren, to be exuberant:

12and that ye walk becomingly towards those without; and that ye be dependent on no man.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42Jesus said to him: Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will place over all his domestics, to give them their portion in due time?

Acts 20:35And I have showed you all things; that thus it is a duty to labor, and to care for the infirm, and to remember the words of our Lord Jesus; for he hath said, That he is more blessed who giveth, than he who receiveth.

Romans 12:11Be active; and not slothful. Be fervent in spirit. Be laborers for our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:12and we toil, working with our own hands: they defame us, and we bless: they persecute us, and 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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