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1 Thessalonians 4:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,

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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;

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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,

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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;

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Common English Bible

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

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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,

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1 Thessalonians 4:11
23 Cross References  

Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.


Better is a handful with quiet than two handfuls with toil and a chasing after wind.


rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.


And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.


for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.


It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.


Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.


and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;


But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, a criminal, or even as a mischief maker.


Besides that, they learn to be idle, gadding about from house to house, and they are not merely idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say.


So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him.


Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.


In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”


It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.


Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation,


and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.


The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.


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