E.
Its exhortation
4:1-12
1.
Sanctification versus fornication
vv. 1-8
1 Thes. 4
:1
4:1
Furthermore, brothers, we ask and
aexhort you in the Lord Jesus that even as you received from us how you ought to walk and
bplease God, even as indeed you do walk, that you
cabound still more.
1 Thes. 4
:2
4:2
For you know what
acharges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
1 Thes. 4
:3
4:3
For this is the
awill of God, your
1bsanctification: that you
cabstain from
2dfornication;
1 Thes. 4
:4
4:4
That each one of you know how to
1possess his
aown 2vessel in
3sanctification and
bhonor,
1 Thes. 4
:5
4:5
Not in the
apassion of lust, like the
bGentiles who do
1cnot know God;
1 Thes. 4
:6
4:6
That no one
1overstep and
2take advantage of his brother in
3the matter, because the Lord is the
4aavenger concerning all
5these things, even as we also said before to you and solemnly charged.
1 Thes. 4
:7
4:7
For God has not
acalled us
1for 2buncleanness but
3in 4csanctification.
1 Thes. 4
:8
4:8
1Consequently, he who
2rejects, rejects not man but God, who also gives His
3aHoly Spirit to you.
2.
Brotherly love
vv. 9-10
1 Thes. 4
:9
4:9
Now concerning
1brotherly alove, you have no need
for me to
bwrite to you, for you yourselves are
ctaught of God to
2dlove one another;
1 Thes. 4
:10
4:10
For you also do this unto all the brothers in the whole of
aMacedonia. But we
bexhort you, brothers, to
cabound still more
3.
A becoming walk
vv. 11-12
1 Thes. 4
:11
4:11
And to aspire to be
aquiet and attend to your own affairs and work with your
bhands, even as we
ccharged you,
1 Thes. 4
:12
4:12
That you may walk
abecomingly toward those
boutside and may have
cneed of nothing.
F.
Its hope
4:13-18
1.
For the dead believers
vv. 13-14
1 Thes. 4
:13
4:13
But we do not want you to be
aignorant, brothers, concerning those who are
1sleeping, that you would not grieve even as also the rest who have
bno hope.
1 Thes. 4
:14
4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and
arose, so also
bthose who have fallen asleep through Jesus, God will bring
cwith Him.
2.
For the living and remaining believers
vv. 15-18
1 Thes. 4
:15
4:15
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who are left remaining unto the
1acoming of the Lord, shall by no means precede those who have fallen asleep;
1 Thes. 4
:16
4:16
Because the Lord Himself, with a
1ashout of command, with the voice of the
barchangel and with the
2ctrumpet of God, will descend from
dheaven, and the
edead in Christ will
frise first.
1 Thes. 4
:17
4:17
Then we who are living, who are left remaining, will be
1acaught up together
bwith them in the
cclouds to meet the Lord
2in the air; and thus we will be always with the Lord.
1 Thes. 4
:18
4:18
Therefore comfort
aone another with these words.
