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4 1 He exhorteth them 3 to holiness, 9 and brotherly love. 13 He forbiddeth them to sorrow after to manner of infidels. 15 He setteth out the history of our resurrection.
1 And [a]furthermore we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that ye [b]increase more and more, as ye have received of us, how ye ought to walk, and to please God.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 (A)[c]For this is the will of God even your [d]sanctification, and that ye should abstain from fornication,
4 [e]That everyone of you should know, how to possess his vessel in holiness and honor,
5 [f]And not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 (B)[g]That no man oppress or defraud his brother in any matter: for the Lord is avenger of all such things, as we also have told you beforetime, and testified.
7 (C)For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that [h]despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God who hath even given you his holy Spirit.
9 [i]But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you: (D)for ye are taught of God to love one another.
10 Yea, and that thing verily ye do unto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you brethren, that ye increase more and more,
11 [j]And that ye study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business, [k]and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
12 That ye may behave yourselves honestly toward them that are without, and that nothing be lacking unto you.
13 ¶ [l]I would not brethren, have you ignorant [m]concerning them [n]which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope.
14 [o]For if we believe that Jesus is dead, and is risen, even so them which sleep in [p]Jesus, will God [q]bring with him.
15 [r]For this say we unto you by the [s]word of the Lord, that [t]we which live, and are remaining in the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them which sleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a [u]shout, and with the voice of the Archangel, and (E)with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then shall we which live and remain, be [v]caught up with them also in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore, comfort yourselves one another with these words.
5 1 Condemning the curious searching for the seasons of Christ’s coming, 6 he warneth them to be ready daily to receive him: 11 And so giveth them sundry good lessons.
1 But [w]of the times and [x]seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For ye yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, even as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then shall come upon them sudden destruction, as the travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
4 [y]But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day shall come on you, as it were a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
8 [z]But let us which are of the day, be sober, (F)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the hope of salvation for an helmet.
9 [aa]For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but to obtain salvation by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 [ab]Which died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 [ac]Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, even as ye do.
12 [ad]Now we beseech you brethren, that ye [ae]acknowledge them which labor among you, and are over you in the [af]Lord, and admonish you.
13 That ye have them in singular love for [ag]their work’s sake. [ah]Be at peace among yourselves.
14 [ai]We desire you, brethren, admonish them that are [aj]out of order: comfort the feebleminded: bear with the weak: be patient toward all men.
15 (G)[ak]See that none recompense evil for evil unto any man: but ever follow that which is good, both toward yourselves, and toward all men.
16 [al]Rejoice evermore.
17 (H)Pray continually.
18 In all things, give thanks, for this is the [am]will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
19 [an]Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not [ao]prophesying.
21 Try all things, and keep that which is good.
22 [ap]Abstain from all [aq]appearance of evil.
23 Now the very God of peace [ar]sanctify you throughout: and I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body, may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 (I)[as][at]Faithful is he which calleth you, which will also [au]do it.
25 [av]Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
27 I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read unto all the brethren the Saints.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, Amen.
¶ The first Epistle unto the Thessalonians written from Athens.
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