¹¹And that ye ^gstudy ^hto be quiet, and ⁱto do ^kyour own business, and ^lto work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ¹²^mThat ye may walk ^mⁿhonestly toward ^othem that are without, and that ye may have lack ^||of nothing.

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g 2 Cor. 5:9 marg.
hSee Prov. 17:14. So 2 Thess. 3:12.
iSo 2 Thess. 3:11. 1 Pet. 4:15.
kSee John 16:32.
lSee Eph. 4:28. & ch. 2:9.
m Rom. 13:13. So 2 Cor. 8:21. Col. 4:5. ch. 5:22. 1 Pet. 2:12.
m Rom. 13:13. So 2 Cor. 8:21. Col. 4:5. ch. 5:22. 1 Pet. 2:12.
n 1 Cor. 14:40 (Gk.).
oSee Mark 4:11.
||Or, of no man.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

to seek to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, so that you may behave properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

NLTNew Living Translation

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you, so that you may live decently toward those outside, and may have need of nothing.