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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.

2 For you know what commands we gave to you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: [that] you abstain from sexual immorality;

4 [that] each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

5 not in lustful passion, just as also the Gentiles who do not know God;

6 not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.

7 For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness.

8 Therefore the one who rejects [this] [is] not rejecting man, but God, [who] also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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.