1 Thessalonians 4:11 (WEB)
and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
Catechism · 1
“Hence work is a duty: "If any one will not work, let him not eat."” — Catechism footnote: 2 Thess 3:10; Cf. 1 Thess 4:11.
Fathers and councils · 6
John Chrysostom
“…brethren, that ye increase more and more, that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without” ( 1 Thess. iv. 10, 11, 12 ); and again; “Let him that stole, steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his own hands, that he may have to give to…” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“He who is able to work ought not to eat the bread of idleness, but even he who is busied in deeds well done for the glory of Christ ought to force himself to the active discharge of such work as he can do.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 11.
Read the whole comment“I implore you on the other hand to stop at home, and to lead a decorous life, quietly doing Christ’s work.” — editor's note: cf. 1 Thess. iv. 11.
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Tertullian
“Again, they say the same apostle has left a precept, according to his own example, “That each one work with his own hands for a living.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 11; 2 Thess. iii. 6–12.
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John Cassian
“Further, he is obliged to habituate himself to work and toil, so as to prepare with his own hands, in accordance with the Apostle’s command, daily supply of food, either for his own use or for the wants of strangers; and that he may also forget the pride and luxury of his past life, and gain by…” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Thess. iv. 11.
Read the whole comment“And of these the Apostle makes mention when he says, “And that you want nothing of any man’s.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. iv. 11.
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Cross-references · 34
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5 and 1 other place.
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Cited together in Catechism §2427 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5 and 1 other place.
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Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
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Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.
Cited together in The Institutes X.21.
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Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 43.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 226.