1 Thessalonians 4:11
9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- KJV
- And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
- WEB
- and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
- ASV
- and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- DARBY
- and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
- BLB
- and to strive earnestly to live quietly and to do your own [things], and to work with your⁺ own hands, just as we commanded you⁺,
- ÅB
- og at dere setter deres ære i å leve stille og ta vare på deres egne ting og arbeide med deres hender, så som vi befalte dere,
- OTB
- og å strebe etter å leve et stille liv, ta vare på deres egne saker, og arbeide med deres hender, slik vi instruerte dere,
- B1930
- og at I setter eders ære i å leve stille og ta vare på eders egne ting og arbeide med eders hender, så som vi bød eder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 4:6
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
Read in contextEphesians 4:28
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
Read in context1 Peter 3:4
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
Read in contextTitus 3:14
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
Read in contextProverbs 17:1
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
Read in contextLamentations 3:26
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:12
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
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