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.

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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,

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