1 Thessalonians 4:11 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, do your work, and earn your own living, as we ordered you.(GOD'S WORD®)

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;

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;

BBE:

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

DBY:

and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,

ERV:

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

WEY:

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:

WBS:

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;

YLT:

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

1 Thessalonians 4:11 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 18:3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

Ephesians 4:28 He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread.

1 Peter 4:15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:11 {7} And that ye study to be quiet, {8} and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
(7) He condemns unsettled minds, and such as are curious in matters which do not concern them.
(8) He rebukes idleness and slothfulness: and whoever is given to these vices, fall into other wickedness, to the great offence of the Church.

PNT:

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.

WES:

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.

MHC:

4:9-12 We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teaching of the Spirit exceeds the teachings of men; and men's teaching is vain and useless, unless God teach. Those remarkable for this or any other grace, need to increase therein, as well as to persevere to the end. It is very desirable to have a calm and quiet temper, and to be of a peaceable and quiet behaviour. Satan is busy to trouble us; and we have in our hearts what disposes us to be unquiet; therefore let us study to be quiet. Those who are busy-bodies, meddling in other men's matters, have little quiet in their own minds, and cause great disturbances among their neighbours. They seldom mind the other exhortation, to be diligent in their own calling, to work with their own hands. Christianity does not take us from the work and duty of our particular callings, but teaches us to be diligent therein. People often by slothfulness reduce themselves to great straits, and are liable to many wants; while such as are diligent in their own business, earn their own bread, and have great pleasure in so doing.

CONC:

Affairs Ambition Aspire Attend Business Charged Command Commanded Eagerness Earnestly Hands Instructed Lead Mind Minding Ordered Orders Peace Pride Quiet Quietly Seek Study Vie Working

Affairs Ambition Aspire Attend Business Charged Command Commanded Eagerness Earnestly Hands Instructed Lead Mind Minding Ordered Orders Peace Pride Quiet Quietly Seek Study Vie Work Working

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