New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 4:7-12

7For 1God has not called us for 2the purpose of impurity, but 3in sanctification. 8So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who 4gives His Holy Spirit to you.

9Now as to the 5love of the brethren, you 6have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are 7taught by God to love one another; 10for indeed 8you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to 9excel still more, 11and to make it your ambition 10to lead a quiet life and 11attend to your own business and 12work with your hands, just as we commanded you, 12so that you will 13 14behave properly toward 15outsiders and 16 17not be in any need.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 1 Pet 1:15 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 1 Thess 2:3 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 I.e. in the state or sphere of ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Rom 5:5; 2 Cor 1:22; Gal 4:6; 1 John 3:24 ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 John 13:34; Rom 12:10 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 2 Cor 9:1; 1 Thess 5:1 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Jer 31:33f; John 6:45; 1 John 2:27 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 4:10 1 Thess 1:7 ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 4:10 1 Thess 3:12 ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 2 Thess 3:12 ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 1 Pet 4:15 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Acts 18:3; Eph 4:28; 2 Thess 3:10-12 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Lit walk ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Rom 13:13; Col 4:5 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Mark 4:11 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Lit have need of nothing ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 4:12 Eph 4:28 ↩

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