NET Bible
"In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need."
— 1 Thessalonians 4:12, NET Bible
“That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.”
“that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing. ”
“that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.”
“And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.”
“That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.”
“That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.”
Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.
And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.