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11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you;[a] 12 so that you may command the respect of outsiders, and be dependent on nobody.

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  1. 4.11 The Thessalonians thought that the second Coming of Christ was at hand and tended to ne glect their daily duties. He corrects this misconception.

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