1 Thessalonians 4:11
4:10 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;
KJV
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;
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
What does 1 Thessalonians 4:11 mean?
1 Thessalonians 4:11 is a verse in the book of 1 Thessalonians, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include καί (kai), φιλοτιμέομαι (philotimeomai), ἡσυχάζω (hesuchazo). It connects to 20 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: in: Heb. from
Job 15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. castest: Heb. makest void prayer: or, speech
Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Psalms 55:16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
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What does 1 Thessalonians 4:11 say?
1 Thessalonians 4:11 (King James Version) reads: "And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;"
Is 1 Thessalonians 4:11 in the Old or New Testament?
1 Thessalonians 4:11 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Thessalonians.
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