1 Thessalonians 4:11
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11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (A)to mind your own business, and (B)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,
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Ephesians 4:28
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28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather (A)let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something (B)to give him who has need.
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Ecclesiastes 4:6
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6 (A)Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.
1 Peter 3:4
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4 rather let it be (A)the hidden person of the heart, with the [a]incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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- 1 Peter 3:4 imperishable
Titus 3:14
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14 And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
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1 Timothy 2:2
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2 (A)for kings and (B)all who are in [a]authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and [b]reverence.
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- 1 Timothy 2:2 a prominent place
- 1 Timothy 2:2 dignity
Lamentations 3:26
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1 Corinthians 4:12
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12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. (B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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Proverbs 17:1
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1 Peter 4:15
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15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a [a]busybody in other people’s matters.
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- 1 Peter 4:15 meddler
1 Timothy 5:13
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13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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The Judgment Seat of Christ
9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
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2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
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7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you; 8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread [a]free of charge, but worked with (A)labor and toil night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, 9 not because we do not have (B)authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are (C)busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and [b]exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ (D)that they work in quietness and eat their own bread.
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- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Lit. for nothing
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12 encourage
Romans 12:11
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11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;
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Acts 20:35
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35 I have shown you in every way, (A)by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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1 Peter 4:10-11
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10 (A)As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, (B)as good stewards of (C)the manifold grace of God. 11 (D)If anyone speaks, let him speak as the [a]oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that (E)in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the [b]dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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- 1 Peter 4:11 utterances
- 1 Peter 4:11 sovereignty
Titus 2:4-10
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4 that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, (A)homemakers, good, (B)obedient to their own husbands, (C)that the word of God may not be blasphemed.
6 Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded, 7 in all things showing yourself to be (D)a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, (E)incorruptibility,[a] 8 sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of [b]you.
9 Exhort (F)bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, 10 not [c]pilfering, but showing all good [d]fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
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- Titus 2:7 NU omits incorruptibility
- Titus 2:8 NU, M us
- Titus 2:10 thieving
- Titus 2:10 honesty
Luke 12:42-43
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42 And the Lord said, (A)“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food [a]in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
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- Luke 12:42 at the right time
Mark 13:34
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34 (A)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave (B)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
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Colossians 3:22-24
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22 (A)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. 23 (B)And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 (C)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; (D)for[a] you serve the Lord Christ.
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- Colossians 3:24 NU omits for
Romans 15:20
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20 And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, (A)lest I should build on another man’s foundation,
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Acts 18:3
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3 So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them (A)and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.
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Romans 12:4-8
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4 For (A)as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so (B)we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is (C)given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us (D)prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; (E)he who teaches, in teaching; 8 (F)he who exhorts, in exhortation; (G)he who gives, with liberality; (H)he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, (I)with cheerfulness.
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