1 Thessalonians 4

1 And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.

FINALLY, brethren, we beseech you therefore, and conjure you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye would abound more and more.

2 For ye knowe what commandements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

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

3 For this is the will of God euen your sanctification, and that ye should abstaine from fornication,

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from whoredom;

4 That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,

that every one of you may know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

5 And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles which know not God;

6 That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

that no man transgress against, or act dishonestly to his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and testified.

7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse, but vnto holinesse.

For God hath not called us unto impurity, but unto holiness.

8 Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.

Therefore he that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

9 But as touching brotherly loue, ye neede not that I write vnto you: for ye are taught of God to loue one another.

Now concerning brotherly love, I have no need to write unto you: for ye yourselves are divinely taught to love one another.

10 Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

And indeed ye practise it towards all the brethren that are throughout Macedonia: but we conjure you, brethren, to abound more and more;

11 And that ye studie to be quiet, and to meddle with your owne busines, and to worke with your owne handes, as we commanded you,

and that you make it your study to live peaceably, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we have enjoined you;

12 That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

that ye walk becomingly towards those without, and need no assistance from any person.

13 I would not, brethren, haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe, that ye sorow not euen as other which haue no hope.

Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest of mankind who have no hope.

14 For if we beleeue that Iesus is dead, and is risen, euen so them which sleepe in Iesus, will God bring with him.

For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him.

15 For this say we vnto you by the worde of the Lord, that we which liue, and are remayning in the comming of the Lord, shall not preuent them which sleepe.

For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep.

16 For the Lord himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute, and with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

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 shall we which liue and remaine, be caught vp with them also in the clouds, to meete the Lord in the ayre: and so shall we euer be with the Lord.

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

18 Wherefore, comfort your selues one another with these wordes.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.