Graphic Bible · Scene 6 of 12

Close documentary view of potter at wheel, clay-covered hands, passing neighbor watching respectfully.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Quiet work and good conduct

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Story guide: Quiet lives and the work of their hands bear witness before outsiders. This is an interpretive visual essay, not a record of an otherwise unreported event.

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11and to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,

12so that you may walk properly before outsiders and have need of nothing.

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