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1 Thessalonians 4:6
6not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
1 Thessalonians 4:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:6
4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour, 5(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,) not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. 7For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 41 Thessalonians 4:6 word by word
τὸ μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν καὶ πλεονεκτεῖν ἐν τῷ πράγματι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· διότι ἔκδικος κύριος περὶ πάντων τούτων καθὼς καὶ προείπαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ διεμαρτυράμεθα.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- Exodus 20:15Thou shalt not steal.
- Leviticus 19:11Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.
- Deuteronomy 24:7If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
- Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Proverbs 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 16:11The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Proverbs 20:14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Proverbs 20:23Divers weights are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
- Proverbs 28:24Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
- Isaiah 59:4none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
- Ezekiel 22:13And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.
- Ezekiel 45:9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Amos 8:5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
- Zephaniah 3:5The righteous Jehovah is in the midst of her: he doeth no wrong. Every morning doth he bring his judgment to light; it faileth not: but the unrighteous knoweth no shame.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother - That no man should by any means endeavor to corrupt the wife of another, or to alienate her affections or fidelity from her husband; this I believe to be the apostle's meaning, though some understand it of covetousness, overreaching, tricking, cheating, and cozenage in general. The Lord is the avenger of all such - He takes up the cause of the injured husband wherever the case has not been detected by man…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6That no man go beyond - ̔́ huperbaineinThis word means, “to make to go over,” as, e. g., a wall or mountain; then, to overpass, to wit, certain limits, to transgress; and then to go too far, i. e., to go beyond right - hence to cheat or defraud. It is not used elsewhere in the New Testament. The idea of overreaching is that which is implied in its use here. And defraud - ͂ pleonekteinMargin, “oppress,” or “overreach.” This word properly means, to have…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18The second part of the letter discusses Timothy's news about the church and the questions the Christians had for Paul. Paul addresses: the problem of sexual immorality (4:3–8) before responding to the Thessalonians’ questions about love for other Christians (4:9–12), the fate of Christians who have died (4:13–18), and the timing of "the Day of the Lord" (5:1–11). Paul offers advice on topics such as leadership and community relations, the relationship…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. go beyond--transgress the bounds of rectitude in respect to his "brother." defraud--"overreach" [Alford]; "take advantage of" [Edmunds]. in any matter--rather as Greek, "in the matter"; a decorous expression for the matter now in question; the conjugal honor of his neighbor as a husband, 1Th 4:4; 1Th 4:7 also confirms this view; the word "brother" enhances the enormity of the crime. It is your brother whom you wrong (compare Pr 6:27-33). the Lord--the…Read the comment
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