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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 charged you;
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An Ambition for Quietness
Commentators note the original Greek for "study" means "to be ambitious." Paul uses a powerful paradox, urging believers to make it their ambition to live a quiet, orderly life. This isn't about passivity, but actively resisting the temptation to be restless, disruptive, or caught up in public tumults. This calm demeanor was to be a hallmark of their faith.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And that you study to be quiet. Orderly, peaceful; living in the practice of the calm virtues of life. The duty to which he would exhort t…
That ye study to be quiet (φιλοτιμεισθα ησυχαζειν). First infinitive dependent on παρακαλουμεν (verse 10, we exhort you), the seco…
19th Century
Anglican
And that you study to be quiet. The word means more than “study”; it means “and that you make it your ambition to keep qu…
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That restlessness may have been a problem for the Thessalonians is implied by Paul’s exhortation—“make it your ambition to lead a quiet life.” His …
16th Century
Protestant
Maintain Peace. I have already stated that this clause must be separated from what precedes it, for this is a new sentence. Now, to be…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And that you study to be quiet To live peaceably in their own families, and to give no disturbance to other families…
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We should notice what is good in others, and praise them for it, so that we may encourage them to abound in it more and more. All who are savingly …
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle Paul commended the faithful for their loyalty in the face of trials and for other good practices; here, he warns them to co…
