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After teaching on personal holiness,
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Paul gives two practical instructions
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for how our faith should look to the
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outside world. First, in 1 Thessalonians
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4:9, he tells them to continue to
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increase more and more in brotherly
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love. Love for fellow believers is a
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core sign of a true disciple. Second, in
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verses 11 to 12, he tells them to aspire
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to live a quiet life, to mind your own
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affairs, and to work with your hands.
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Why? so that they may walk properly
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before outsiders and not be dependent on
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anyone. Our faith should be marked by
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love on the inside and respectable,
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quiet diligence on the
