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andκαὶto make it your ambitionφιλοτιμεῖσθαιto live quietlyἡσυχάζεινandκαὶto attend toπράσσεινyour own affairsτὰ ἴδιαandκαὶto workἐργάζεσθαιwith yourταῖς ὑμῶνhands,χερσὶνjust asκαθὼςwe commandedπαρηγγείλαμενyou,ὑμῖν
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Study it in the app“and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,”
Live quietly and work with your hands, with a good name before outsidersWork and Rest
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:11, word by word
- to make it your ambitionφιλοτιμεῖσθαιphilotimeisthai
aspire, strive
Aspire, make it one's ambition, count it an honor to do something.
Where else “philotimeisthai” appears- to live quietlyἡσυχάζεινhēsychazein
rest
Repose; live in peace.
Where else “hēsychazein” appears- to attend toπράσσεινprassein
do
To carry out something, often evil.
Where else “prassein” appears- your own affairsἴδιαidia
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idia” appears- to workἐργάζεσθαιergazesthai
work
To ply a trade with effort to support oneself.
Where else “ergazesthai” appears- handsχερσὶνchersin
hand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “chersin” appears- we commandedπαρηγγείλαμενparēngeilamen
command, instruct
Give orders, instruct.
Where else “parēngeilamen” appears
The context
10for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more and more,
11 · This verse (above)
12so that you may walk properly toward those outside and have need of nothing.