Verse 12

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
  • Eph 4:28 : 28 The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags. 15 When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.
  • Prov 17:1 : 1 Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
  • Eccl 4:6 : 6 Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us each day our daily bread,