August 31, 2013, Reading

First Thessalonians 4:9-12

⁹ As for brotherly love, there is no need to write to you about that, since you have yourselves learnt from God to love one another,

¹⁰ and in fact this is how you treat all the brothers throughout the whole of Macedonia. However, we do urge you, brothers, to go on making even greater progress

¹¹ and to make a point of living quietly, attending to your own business and earning your living, just as we told you to,

¹² so that you may earn the respect of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.