1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. And we exhort you to do so more and more,

12so as to live worthy lives in relation to outsiders, and not be a burden to any one.

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Cross References

Luke 12:42"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

Acts 20:35In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "`It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Romans 12:11Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,

1 Corinthians 4:12Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

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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