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1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Now then, brothers and sisters, because of the Lord Jesus we ask and encourage you to excel in living a God-pleasing life even more than you already do. Do this the way we taught you.

2 You know what orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 It is God's will that you keep away from sexual sin as a mark of your devotion to him.

4 Each of you should know that finding a husband or wife for yourself is to be done in a holy and honorable way,

5 not in the passionate, lustful way of people who don't know God.

6 No one should take advantage of or exploit other believers that way. The Lord is the one who punishes people for all these things. We've already told you and warned you about this.

7 God didn't call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy.

8 Therefore, whoever rejects this [order] is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

9 You don't need anyone to write to you about the way Christians should love each other. God has taught you to love each other.

10 In fact, you are showing love to all the Christians throughout the province of Macedonia. We encourage you as believers to excel in love even more.

11 Also, make it your goal to live quietly, do your work, and earn your own living, as we ordered you.

12 Then your way of life will win respect from those outside [the church], and you won't have to depend on anyone else for what you need.

New International Version NIV

1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,

5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.

7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,

12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.