1 Thessalonians 4:11

And that ye studie to be quiet, and to doe your owne businesse, and to worke with your owne hands, (as wee commanded you:)
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- American Standard Version (1901)

And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
- Basic English Bible

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
- Darby Bible

And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man's.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- English Revised Version

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;
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 4:11

4:11 That ye study - Literally, that ye be ambitious: an ambition worthy a Christian. To work with your hands - Not a needless caution; for temporal concerns are often a cross to them who are newly filled with the love of God.