1 Thessalonians 4:2

2 For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For ye know what commandments we gave you
When among them; such as those of faith and love, the ordinances of the Gospel, baptism, and the Lord's supper, and all such as relate to the worship and service of God, to the discipline of Christ's house, to their behaviour one towards another, and their conduct in the world: and which were delivered to them, not as from themselves, and by their own authority, but

by the Lord Jesus;
in his name, and by his authority, and as ordered by him; for their commission ran to teach men all things, whatsoever Christ commanded: now since they knew what these commandments were, and whose they were, and the obligation they lay under to regard them, the apostle makes use of it as a reason or argument to engage them to obedience to them; for he that knows his Lord's will, and does it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, ( Luke 12:47 ) .

1 Thessalonians 4:2 In-Context

1 Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

2 For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;

4 that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife who shall be his own in purity and honour;

5 that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles who have no knowledge of God;