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1 Thessalonians 4

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 Furthermore then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received from us how ye ought towalk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

4 that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

5 not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

6 that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

8 He therefore that despiseth this, despiseth not man but God, who hath also given unto us His holy Spirit.

9 But concerning brotherly love, ye have no need that I write unto you, for ye yourselves are taught by God to love one another;

10 and indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

12 that ye may walk honestly toward those who are outsiders, and that ye may have need of nothing.

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so will God bring with Him those also who sleep in Jesus.

15 For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are asleep.

16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

17 then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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.

13 Brothers and sisters, we don't want you to be ignorant about those who have died. We don't want you to grieve like other people who have no hope.

14 We believe that Jesus died and came back to life. We also believe that, through Jesus, God will bring back those who have died. They will come back with Jesus.

15 We are telling you what the Lord taught. We who are still alive when the Lord comes will not go [into his kingdom] ahead of those who have already died.

16 The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet [call] of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.

17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive will be taken in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord.

18 So then, comfort each other with these words!