1 For the rest, brothers, we ask you in the name of Jesus, the Lord, and we urge you to live in a way that pleases God, just as you have learned from us. This you do, but try to do still more.
2 You know the instructions we gave you on behalf of the Lord Jesus:
3 the will of God for you is to become holy and not to have unlawful sex.
4 Let each of you behave towards his wife as a holy and respectful husband,
5 rather than being led by lust, as are pagans who do not know God.
6 In this matter, let no one offend or wrong a brother. The Lord will do justice in all these things, as we have warned and shown you.
7 God has called us to live, not in impurity but in holiness,
8 and those who do not heed this instruction disobey, not a human, but God himself who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 Regarding mutual love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because God himself taught you how to love one another.
10 You already practice it with all the brothers and sisters of Macedonia, but I invite you to do more.
11 Consider how important it is to live quietly without bothering others, to mind your own business, and work with your hands, as we have charged you.
12 In obeying these rules you will win the respect of outsiders and be dependent on no one.
13 Brothers and sisters, we want you not to be mistaken about those who are already asleep, lest you grieve as do those who have no hope.
14 We believe that Jesus died and rose; it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus. God will bring them together with Jesus and for his sake.
15 By the same word of the Lord we assert this: those of us who are to be alive at the Lord's coming will not go ahead of those who are already asleep.
16 When the command by the archangel's voice is given, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, while the divine trumpet call is sounding. Then those who have died in the Lord will rise first;
17 as for us who are still alive, we will be brought along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the celestial world. And we will be with the Lord forever.
18 So, then comfort one another with these words.
Versículos relacionados com 1 Thessalonians, 4:
In Chapter 4 of 1 Thessalonians, Paul urges the Thessalonians to live holy and pleasantly to God, especially in relation to their sexuality and personal conduct. He also encourages them to love each other and to have hope in the return of Christ. Follow five verses that relate to the topics covered in 1 Thessalonians 4:
1 Corinthians 6:18-20: "Escape from sexual immorality. All the other sins that someone commits, out of the body commits them; but those who sin sexually sin against your own body. From the Holy Spirit who dwells in you, which has been given to you by God, and that you are not from yourselves? You were bought for a high price. Therefore, glorify God with your own body. " This verse emphasizes the importance of escaping sexual immorality and considering our body as a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, a theme that is also addressed in 1 Thessalonians 4.
Ephesians 5:3: "Among you should not even mention sexual immorality as well as any kind of impurity and greed; for these things are not proper to the saints." This verse emphasizes the importance of living a holy and pure life, themes that are also addressed in 1 Thessalonians 4.
Romans 12:10: "Loves cordially to each other with fraternal love and honor themselves preferring to each other." This verse highlights the importance of fraternal love and mutual honor among the brothers, a theme that is also emphasized in 1 Thessalonians 4.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52: "Behold, I tell them a mystery: not all we will sleep, but we will all be transformed into an open and close eye to the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, the dead will resurrect incorruptible, And we will be transformed. " This verse highlights the hope of Christians in the resurrection and transformation of their bodies, a theme that is also emphasized in 1 Thessalonians 4.
Hebrews 13:4: "Worthy of honor among all be marriage, as well as the bed without macula; for God will judge the unclean and adulterers." This verse highlights the importance of marriage and marital fidelity, themes that are also addressed in 1 Thessalonians 4.
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