1 Thessalonians 4:11

English Standard Version

11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, (Pr 17:14; Pr 20:3; Pr 25:8; Ac 18:3; Eph 4:28; 2Th 3:11; 2Th 3:12; 1Pe 4:15) 

New International Version

11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: you should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 

New International Reader’s Version

11 And do everything you can to live a quiet life. You should mind your own business. And work with your hands, just as we told you to. 

King James Version

11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 

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