1 Thessalonians 4

1FinallyG3063 then, brethren, we beseech and exhortG3870 you in the LordG2962 JesusG2424, that, as ye receivedG3880 of us howG4459 ye oughtG1163 to walkG4043 and to pleaseG700 GodG2316, evenG2532 as ye do walkG4043,—that ye aboundG4052 moreG3123 and moreG3123. 2For ye know what chargeG3852 we gaveG1325 you through the LordG2962 JesusG2424. 3For this isG1510 the will of GodG2316, even your sanctificationG38, that ye abstainG568 from fornication; 4that each oneG1538 of you know how to possess himself of his ownG1438 vesselG4632 in sanctificationG38 and honorG5092, 5not in the passionG3806 of lustG1939, evenG2532 as the GentilesG1484 who know not GodG2316; 6that no manG3778 transgress, and wrong his brotherG80 in the matterG4229: because the LordG2962 is an avenger in all these thingsG3778, as alsoG2532 we forewarned you and testifiedG1263. 7For GodG2316 calledG2564 us not for uncleanness, but in sanctificationG38. 8Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not manG444, but GodG2316, who giveth his HolyG40 SpiritG4151 unto you.

9But concerningG4012 loveG25 of the brethren ye have no needG5532 that oneG240 writeG1125 unto you: for ye yourselves areG1510 taught of God to loveG25 oneG240 another; 10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all MacedoniaG3109. But we exhortG3870 you, brethren, that ye aboundG4052 moreG3123 and moreG3123; 11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your ownG2398 business, and to workG2038 with your handsG5495, evenG2532 as we charged you; 12that ye may walkG4043 becomingly toward them that are without, and may have needG5532 of nothingG3367.

13But we wouldG2309 not have you ignorantG50, brethren, concerningG4012 them that fall asleepG2837; that ye sorrow not, evenG2532 as the restG3062, who have no hopeG1680. 14For if we believeG4100 that JesusG2424 diedG599 and roseG450 againG450, evenG2532 so them alsoG2532 that are fallen asleepG2837 in JesusG2424 will GodG2316 bringG71 with him. 15For this we sayG3004 unto you by the wordG3056 of the LordG2962, that we that are aliveG2198, that are left unto the coming of the LordG2962, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleepG2837. 16For the LordG2962 himself shall descendG2597 from heavenG3772, with a shout, with the voiceG5456 of the archangelG743, and with the trump of GodG2316: and the deadG3498 in ChristG5547 shall riseG450 firstG4413; 17then we that areG1510 aliveG2198, that areG1510 left, shall togetherG260 with them beG1510 caught up in the cloudsG3507, to meetG529 the LordG2962 in the airG109: and so shall we ever beG1510 with the LordG2962. 18Wherefore comfortG3870 oneG240 another with these wordsG3056.