1 Thessalonians 4:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ [We also urge you to] make it your aim to live a quiet life, and to attend to your own business matters, and to work with your hands, as we urged you. [Note: Possibly this exhortation was directed toward the tendency of some people there to neglect ordinary responsibilities in view of an imminent return of Christ].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

Common English Bible

¹¹ Aim to live quietly, mind your own business, and earn your own living, just as I told you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,

1 Thessalonians 4:11 Referencias Cruzadas

Ephesians 4:28

The person who has stolen must stop doing it; instead, he should work hard, doing something worthwhile with his own hands, so that he can have [money] to share with the person who needs it.

1 Peter 3:4

But [the kind of adornment you should display is] that of the inner person, with its enduring qualities of a meek and calm spirit, which are extremely valuable in God’s eyes.

Titus 3:14

Our people [i.e., the Christians there on Crete] also should learn to practice good deeds for meeting pressing needs, so that they can be productive [in the Lord’s work].

1 Timothy 2:2

[Offer them] for kings and for all people in prominent [governmental] positions, so that we can live a peaceful and quiet life in all reverence [toward God] and respectability [toward people].

1 Corinthians 4:12

we work hard with our hands. [Though] we are cursed, we [ask God’s] blessing [on people]; [though] we are persecuted, we persevere;

1 Peter 4:15

[However], you should not have to suffer for murdering, stealing, doing evil or interfering in the affairs of others.

1 Timothy 5:13

And on top of that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not be.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So, we are also eager to please God very much, whether we are at home [in our body] or away from it.

Romans 12:11

Be enthusiastic instead of lazy. Be fervent in your spirit [Note: Some translators take “spirit” here to refer to the “Holy Spirit”], [as you] serve the Lord.

Acts 20:35

I have demonstrated before you a [good] example in all [these] things, so that you [too] will work hard to help those who are [physically] weak. [Also] remember the words of the Lord Jesus who Himself said, ‘It is a greater blessing [for you] to give [to people's needs] than to receive [help yourselves].’”

Mark 13:34

It is like a man who left his house on a trip to another country. [Before leaving] he put his servants in charge of his affairs, giving each one a [particular] job to do, then he ordered the gatekeeper to stay alert [i.e., while he was gone].

Romans 15:20

Now it has been my ambition to preach the good news at places where Christ’s name has never been heard, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

Acts 18:3

and, because they followed the same trade of tent making, he stayed with them and went to work [for them].