1 Finally, brothers, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God--and as you are conducting yourselves--you do so even more.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 This is the will of God, your holiness: that you refrain from immorality,
4 that each of you know how to acquire a wife for himself in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion as do the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 not to take advantage of or exploit a brother in this matter, for the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly affirmed.
7 For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness.
8 Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being but God, who (also) gives his holy Spirit to you.
9 On the subject of mutual charity you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Nevertheless we urge you, brothers, to progress even more,
11 and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your (own) hands, as we instructed you,
12 that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not depend on anyone.
13 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
15 Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
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. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore, console 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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