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1 Thessalonians 4

Sanctification and Love

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 aFinally then,  bbrethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to  1 cwalk and  dplease God (just as you actually do  1walk), that you  eexcel still more.

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For you know what commandments we gave you  1by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

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For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you  aabstain from  1sexual immorality;

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that  aeach of you know how to  1possess his own  2 bvessel in sanctification and  chonor,

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not in  1 alustful passion, like the Gentiles who  bdo not know God;

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and that no man transgress and  adefraud his brother  bin the matter because  cthe Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also  dtold you before and solemnly warned you.

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For  aGod has not called us for  bthe purpose of impurity, but  1in sanctification.

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So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who  agives His Holy Spirit to you.

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Now as to the  alove of the brethren, you  bhave no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are  ctaught by God to love one another;

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for indeed  ayou do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to  bexcel still more,

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and to make it your ambition  ato lead a quiet life and  battend to your own business and  cwork with your hands, just as we commanded you,

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so that you will  1 abehave properly toward  boutsiders and  2 cnot be in any need.

Those Who Died in Christ

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But  awe do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who  bare asleep, so that you will not grieve as do  cthe rest who have  dno hope.

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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,  aeven so God will bring with Him  bthose who have fallen asleep  1in Jesus.

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For this we say to you  aby the word of the Lord, that  bwe who are alive  1and remain until  cthe coming of the Lord, will not precede  dthose who have fallen asleep.

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For the Lord  aHimself  bwill descend from heaven with a  1 cshout, with the voice of  dthe archangel and with the  etrumpet of God, and  fthe dead in Christ will rise first.

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Then  awe who are alive  1and remain will be  bcaught up together with them  cin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always  dbe with the Lord.

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Therefore comfort one another with these words.



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