Oct. 27
1 Thessalonians 4
1Th 4:1 Finally then,
brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you
received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you
abound more and more.
1Th 4:2 For you know
what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
1Th 4:3 For this is the
will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual
immorality,
1Th 4:4 that each one
of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in
sanctification and honor,
1Th 4:5 not in the
passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;
1Th 4:6 that no one
should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this
matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also
we forewarned you and testified.
1Th 4:7 For God called
us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
1Th 4:8 Therefore he
who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his
Holy Spirit to you.
1Th 4:9 But concerning
brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you
yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
1Th 4:10 for indeed you
do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort
you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
1Th 4:11 and that you
make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own
business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
1Th 4:12 that you may
walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of
nothing.
1Th 4:13 But we don't
want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen
asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
1Th 4:14 For if we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with
him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1Th 4:15 For this we
tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left
to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have
fallen asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord
himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise
first,
1Th 4:17 then we who
are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord
forever.
1Th 4:18 Therefore
comfort one another with these words.