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 filled with the love of God.
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
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;