1 Thessalonians 4

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

As to what remains therefore, my brethren, we intreat and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received instructions from us, how ye ought to walk and to please God, ye would abound therein more and more.

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

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

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

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 honour;

and that every one of you should possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.

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

That no one over-reach, or wrong his brother in any thing: because the Lord is an avenger of all such crimes, as we also told you before, and testified to you.

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

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

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

He therefore who rejecteth us, rejecteth not man, but God; who hath given us his holy Spirit.

9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

And indeed ye do it to all the brethren, that are in all Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound in it 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;

and endeavour to be quiet, and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands,

12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.

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

But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like others who have no hope:

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

For this we tell you in the word of the Lord, that we who shall be living and remain to the coming of the Lord, shall not be before those that are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

17 Then we which 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.

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

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.