1 Thessalonians 4:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And that ye study to be quiet - Orderly, peaceful; living in the practice of the calm virtues of life. The duty to which he would exhort them was that of being subordinate to the laws; of avoidin...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) And that ye study to be quiet, (8) and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; (7) He condemns unsettled minds, and such as are curious in matters which do...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Practical Exhortations to Purity of Life and Brotherly Love. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . abound: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 *....
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

study . Greek. philotimeomai. See Romans 15:20 . be quiet . Greek. hesuchazo. See Luke 23:56 . do, &c . = attend to your own affairs. Compare 2 Thessalonians 3:11 . commanded . Gree...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11 Maintain Peace. I have already stated that this clause must be separated from what goes before, for this is a new sentence. Now, to be at peace, means in this passage — to act peacefull...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye study to be quiet - Though in general the Church at Thessalonica was pure and...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That ye study to be quiet, &c.— Idleness is utterly unbecoming a reasonable creature, and is not only a great vice itself, but the seed of many and greater vices. Nothing can be a higher scanda...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; Study to be quiet, х philotimeisthai ( G5389 )] - 'make it your ambition...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortation to Purity and Brotherly Love. The Second Advent 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing will...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(11) And that ye study to be quiet. — The word means more than “study;” “and that ye make it your ambition to keep quiet” — their ambition having formerly been to make a stir among the Churches. It...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 CHARITY AND INDEPENDENCE 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 (R.V.) WHEN the gospel first came abroad in the world, two characteristics of its adherents attracted general attention, namely, pers...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

United Now and Hereafter in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 4:9-18 It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest i...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) В¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. (10) And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Mac...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

QUIET WORK ‘We exhort you … that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 While no good man can lo...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And that ye study to be quiet ,.... To live peaceably in their own families, and to give no disturbance to other families, by talebearing, whispering, and backbiting; to behave with quietness in the...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; Ver. 11. Study to be quiet ] Gr. Be ambitious of peace; as earnest and eager afte...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As touching brotherly love That peculiar affection which one disciple of Christ owes to another; ye need not so much that I should write unto you; for ye yourselves Independent of any teachin...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Brotherly Love. A. D. 51. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; And that ye study to be quiet: he exhorts to quietness, and yet to be diligent; and probably he might see this needful, either by what he himself had observed amongst them, or by what he h...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And that you are ambitious to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you. That you may walk honestly towards those who are without, and may have need...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 4:11 . Study to be quiet. —R.V. margin, “Go: be ambitious.” “An example of St. Paul’s characteristic irony: the contrast between ambition and quiet...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Turning now, and as it were, with a sense of relief from warnings against impurity and covetousness, but still keeping in view the aim of his whole exhortation, viz., "the w...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:1 . We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, how ye...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christi...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle urges brotherly love and sober industry:
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:12 ; 1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 1 Peter 4:11 ; 1 Peter 4:15 ; 1 Timothy 2:2 ; 1 Timothy 5:13 ; 2 Corinthians 5:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:12 ; 2 Thessal...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 fill...

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes