1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.Select 1 Thessalonians 4:9
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;Select 1 Thessalonians 4:10
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;Select 1 Thessalonians 4:11
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.Select 1 Thessalonians 4:12
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.Select 1 Thessalonians 4:13
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.Select 1 Thessalonians 4:14
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WEB
4:11 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;
4:12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
ASV
4:11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
4:12 that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
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