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
.
For ye know
what
commandments
we gave
you
by
the Lord
Jesus
.
For this
is
the will
of God
, even your
sanctification
, that ye
should abstain
from
fornication
:
That every one of you
should know
how to possess
his
vessel
in
sanctification
and
honour
;
Not in
the lust
of concupiscence
, even
as
the Gentiles
which
know
not
God
:
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
.
For God
hath
not
called
us
unto
uncleanness
, but
unto
holiness
.
He therefore that despiseth
, despiseth
not
man
, but
God
, who hath
also
given
unto
us
his
holy
Spirit
.
But as touching
brotherly love
ye need
not
that I write
unto you
: for
ye
yourselves
are
taught of God
to
love
one another
.
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 that ye study
to be quiet
, and
to do
your own business
, and
to work with
your
own
hands
, as
we commanded
you
;
That ye may walk
honestly
toward
them that are without
, and
that ye may have
lack
of nothing
.
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
.
For if
we believe
that
Jesus
died
and
rose again
, even so
them also
which sleep
in
Jesus
will
God
bring
with
him
.
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 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
:
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
.
Wherefore comfort
one another
with
these
words
.