1 Thessalonians 4:11 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”

1 Thessalonians 4:11

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But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

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

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and {that} ye may have lack of nothing. {of...: or, of no man}

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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1 Thessalonians 4:1

"Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}"

1 Thessalonians 4:2

"For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus."

1 Thessalonians 4:3

"For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:"

1 Thessalonians 4:4

"That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"

1 Thessalonians 4:5

"Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:"

1 Thessalonians 4:6

"That no {man} go beyond and defraud his brother in {any} matter: because that the Lord {is} the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}"

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