I Thessalonians 4:11-12 ” Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to 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.”

In these verses, Paul used a Greek word that usually was a term for the wealthy who garnered civic honor and recognition by outward displays of generosity. Instead, Paul here urged Believers to aspire for the honor & recognition that comes through humble, industrious, and decent behavior. In other words, to live a quiet life that was respectable and unpretentious among all…both Believer & unbeliever. Paul made it plain…by ordering their lives in such a way that commends the Gospel, they became a positive witness for Christ…or as I Peter 2:12 says, “Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God…”