1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Context
This verse from 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Instruction on sexual holiness: abstain from sexual immorality, controlling your own body in holiness and honor, not in passionate lust like the Gentiles. Concerning those who have died: we should not grieve as those without hope, for Jesus who died …
Other Translations
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
Cross References
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority …
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his …
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the …
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were …
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of …
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and …