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;


In Context

8 Therefore he who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

10 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

11 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;

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

13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged 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 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;