What does 1 Thessalonians 4:11 mean?

1 Thessalonians 4:11 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Thessalonians 4:11 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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;

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

12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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.

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