{"book":"1 Thessalonians","slug":"1-thessalonians","ch":4,"genre":"letter","sub":"1 Thessalonians","prev":"1-thessalonians/3","next":"1-thessalonians/5","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in [the] Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.","f":[],"h":"Living to Please God","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"For you know [the] instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"each of you must know [how] to control his [own] body in holiness and honor,","f":["Literally know how to possess his own vessel"]},{"v":5,"t":"not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"[and] no one should {ever} violate [or] exploit his brother in [this] regard, because [the] Lord will avenge all such [acts], as we have already told you and solemnly warned [you].","f":["Or no one should ever harm or cheat his brother in this matter"]},{"v":7,"t":"For God {has} not called us to impurity, but to holiness.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Anyone, then, who rejects [this command] {does} not reject man but God, the very [One who] gives you His Holy Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"Now about brotherly love, you do not need [anyone] to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"And you are indeed showing this [love] to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own [matters], and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, [without] being dependent [on anyone].","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep [ in death ], so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.","f":["Literally those who have fallen asleep, as in verses 14 and 15"],"h":"The Return of the Lord","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with [Jesus] those who have fallen asleep in [Him].","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"By [the] word of [the] Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive [and] remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with [the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"After that, we who are alive [and] remain will be caught up together with them in [the] clouds to meet the Lord in [the] air. And so we will always {be} with [the] Lord.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Therefore encourage one another with these words.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}