1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore 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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