1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;In other versions
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
ASV
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
BBE
and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
DBY
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 charged you;
WEB
and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
YLT
And that all of you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
ENG
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
WBT
and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
BSB
In context
9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
13But 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.
