King James Version
1 Thessalonians 4:11 in the King James Version says “And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;” — study this verse from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;”
1 Thessalonians 4:11 · KJV
But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. of: or, of no man
But 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.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“that ye study”
G5389to be fond of honor, i.e., emulous (eager or earnest to do something)
“to be quiet”
G2270to keep still (intransitively), i.e., refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to do”
G4238to "practise", i.e., perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from g4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute,
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to work with”
G2038to toil (as a task, occupation, etc.), (by implication) effect, be engaged in or with, etc
“hands”
G5495the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by hebraism) a means or instrument)
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