1 Tesalonicenses 4:12

12 Entonces la gente que no es cristiana respetará la manera en que ustedes viven, y no tendrán que depender de otros.

1 Tesalonicenses 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:12

That ye may walk honestly
Decently, in good credit and reputation, providing things honest in the sight of all men, for themselves and families, and honestly paying every man his own; on which account it became them to mind their own business, and work at their trades; otherwise their walk and conversation would be scandalous, and not honest and honourable:

toward them that are without:
the men of the world, who were without the church; see ( 1 Corinthians 5:12 ) profane sinners, unconverted Gentiles, that were without Christ and hope, and God in the world, and were aliens and strangers; and yet care should be taken that no occasion be given to such to reproach the name of God, the ways of Christ, and the doctrines of the Gospel:

and that ye may have lack of nothing;
but have wherewith to supply the necessaries of life, and give to them also that stand in need, which is more blessed and honourable than to receive; or might not need any such instruction and exhortation, or any reproof for sloth and idleness; or not stand in need of "any man", as the Syriac version renders it; of the help and assistance of any, of any of those that are without, which would be dishonourable; or of them that are within, of the church, which might be burdensome. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "that ye may not desire anything of anyone"; as the slothful man covets greedily all the day long what is another's, and this desire kills him, ( Proverbs 21:25 Proverbs 21:26 ) he covets an evil covetousness, and craves in a scandalous way the bread of others; when it would be more honourable for him to work with quietness, and eat his own bread got by honest labour, and not be beholden to another.

1 Tesalonicenses 4:12 In-Context

10 Es más, ustedes ya muestran amor por todos los creyentes
en toda Macedonia. Aun así, amados hermanos, les rogamos que los amen todavía más.

11 Pónganse como objetivo vivir una vida tranquila, ocúpense de sus propios asuntos y trabajen con sus manos, tal como los instruimos anteriormente.

12 Entonces la gente que no es cristiana respetará la manera en que ustedes viven, y no tendrán que depender de otros.

13 La esperanza de la resurrección
Y ahora, amados hermanos, queremos que sepan lo que sucederá con los creyentes que han muerto,
para que no se entristezcan como los que no tienen esperanza.

14 Pues, ya que creemos que Jesús murió y resucitó, también creemos que cuando Jesús vuelva, Dios traerá junto con él a los creyentes que hayan muerto.