1 Thessalonians 4:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

For just as there are in the one human body many parts, and these parts have not all the same function;

Slaves, be obedient in everything to your earthly masters; not in acts of eye service, as aiming only to please men, but with simplicity of purpose, because you fear the Lord.

For we hear that there are some of you who live disorderly lives and are mere idle busybodies.

And at the same time they also learn to be idle as they go round from house to house; and they are not only idle, but are gossips also and busybodies, speaking of things that ought not to be spoken of.

They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,

Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.