New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Thessalonians 4:2
1 Thessalonians 4:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
- New International Version (NIV)For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
- New King James Version (NKJV)for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:2
1Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
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Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:2
- Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- 1 Corinthians 9:21to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Ye know what commandments we gave you - This refers to his instructions while he was among them; and to instructions on particular subjects, which he does not recapitulate, but only hints at.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For ye know what commandments - It was but a short time since Paul was with them, and they could not but recollect the rules of living which he had laid down. By the Lord Jesus - By the authority of the Lord Jesus. Some of those rules, or commandments, the apostle refers to, probably, in the following verses.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2we ask and encourage you: Paul emphasizes the authority of his teaching by speaking in the name of the Lord Jesus. For you know the instructions we gave: Ancient letters often reminded recipients of what they already knew. Paul reminds the Thessalonians of matters requiring them to obey (4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:4, 6, 10, 12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. by the Lord Jesus--by His authority and direction, not by our own. He uses the strong term, "commandments," in writing to this Church not long founded, knowing that they would take it in a right spirit, and feeling it desirable that they should understand he spake with divine authority. He seldom uses the term in writing subsequently, when his authority was established, to other churches. 1Co 7:10; 11:17; and 1Ti 1:5 (1Th 4:18, where the subject…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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