11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,


In Context

8 He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

9 Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

10 For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

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

12 that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

13 But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:11Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And 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:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:11And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;