Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
By, х dia (G1223)]. So C. But A 'Aleph (') B Delta G f g, Vulgate, read 'IN the Lord Jesus.' So the Greek, 1 Thessalonians 4:1: the sphere wherein such conduct is appropriate and consistent. We exhort you as ministers IN Christ, exhorting our people IN Christ.
With quietness - quiet industry; laying aside intermeddling officiousness (2 Thessalonians 3:11).
Their own - earned by themselves, not another's bread (2 Thessalonians 3:8).