1 Thessalonians 4:11

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you;

Cross References

Mark 13:34

It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his home, puts his servants in charge--each having his special duty--and orders the porter to watch.

Acts 18:3

And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.

Acts 20:35

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself--'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Romans 12:11

Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;

Romans 15:20

Yet always with the ambition to tell the Good News where Christ's name had not previously been heard, so as to avoid building upon another man's foundations.

1 Corinthians 4:12

We work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

2 Corinthians 5:9

Therefore, whether in our home or absent from our home, our one ambition is to please him.

Ephesians 4:28

Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.

1 Timothy 2:2

especially for kings and all who are in high positions, in order that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in a deeply religious and reverent spirit.

1 Timothy 5:13

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

Titus 3:14

Let all our People learn to devote themselves to doing good, so as to meet the most pressing needs, and that their lives may not be unfruitful.

1 Peter 3:4

but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God's sight.

1 Peter 4:15

I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians.