1 Thessalonians 4:11

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Summary

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 to do

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And to do

just as a man when he leaves home to go on a journey, and puts his slaves in charge, each with his duties, gives orders to the watchman to keep watch.

And the Master said, "Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful manager, whom his master will put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time?

For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.

For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work.

Besides, as they go about from house to house they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, and talk of things they ought not to mention.

so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers,

Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.