1 Thessalonians 4:1

Sanctification and Love

1 1Finally then, 2brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to 3walk and 4please God (just as you actually do walk ), that you 5excel still more.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 In-Context

1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk ), that you excel still more.
2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, 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, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Cross References 5

  • 1. 2 Corinthians 13:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:1
  • 2. Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:1, 13
  • 3. Ephesians 4:1
  • 4. 2 Corinthians 5:9
  • 5. Philippians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3

Footnotes 2

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