1 Thessalonians 4:11

11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,

1 Thessalonians 4:11 in Other Translations

KJV
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;
ESV
11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
NLT
11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.
MSG
11 Stay calm; mind your own business; do your own job. You've heard all this from us before, but a reminder never hurts.
CSB
11 to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

1 Thessalonians 4:11 In-Context

9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Ephesians 4:28; 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
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