1Th 4:11-12, 2Th 3:12 | ESV | STEP | and to aspire to live quietly , and to mind your own affairs , and to work with your hands , as we instructed you ,

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

11 and to aspire ^ato live quietly, and ^bto mind your own affairs, and ^cto work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you may ^dwalk properly before ^eoutsiders and be dependent on no one.

2 Thessalonians 3:12

12 Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. ^{▼▼Greek to eat their own bread}