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

Bible References

And to do

It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his home, puts his servants in charge--each having his special duty--and orders the porter to watch.

"Who, then," replied the Master, "is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

Slaves, always obey your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had but to please men, but giving them ungrudging service, in your reverence for the Master.

We hear that there are among you people who are living ill- ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not.

that they should teach what is right, so as to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.