1 Thessalonians 4

1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

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

For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

For this is [the] will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,

that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who do not know God,

(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God, )

6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

10 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,

and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,

12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

13 But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

(For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that we, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

17 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

then we, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.

So encourage one another with these words.)