Honestly— Decently, reputably, The word rendered of nothing, μηδενος, may be translated of no man. The Apostle bids them mind their own business and work with their own hands, that they may be in repute and credit among their heathen neighbours. For a man who cannot maintain himself, and is reduced to beggary by idleness, is an object of universal and just contempt.
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1 Thessalonians 4:12
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.