12so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.


In Context

9 Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

10 And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.

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

12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.

14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

1st Thessalonians 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12That ye may walk honestly towards them that are without, and that ye may have need of nothing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12That you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that you may have lack of nothing.