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And that ye studie to be quiet, and to doe your owne businesse, and to worke with your owne hands, (as wee commanded you:)
- 1611 King James Bible
Other Translations of 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;
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
- Basic English Bible
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
- Darby Bible
And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.
- Douay Rheims Bible
1Th 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business. The Greeks were naturally a restless people, often given to intermeddling in the business of other people. And to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. A Christian must not be an idler. A "loafer" cannot show forth the life of Christ. We gather, elsewhere, that some brethren at Thessalonica thought the time so short until the Lord would come that work was unnecessary.
- People's Bible
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
- Webster's Bible
and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:
- Weymouth Bible
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;
- World English Bible
and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you; and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing.
- Wycliffe Bible
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
- Youngs Literal Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:11
4:11 That ye study - Literally, that ye be ambitious: an ambition worthy a Christian. To work with your hands - Not a needless caution; for temporal concerns are often a cross to them who are newly filled with the love of God.
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