1Thessalonians:4

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* Furthermore (note :)Various exhortations , the foundation of which is this , to be mindful of those things which they have heard from the apostle .(:note ) 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 That you labour to excel more and more , and daily surpass yourselves . abound more and more . * For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus . * * * * * For God hath not called vs vnto vncleannesse , but vnto holinesse . * He therefore that (note :)These commandments which I gave you .(:note ) despiseth , despiseth not man , but God , who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit . * * Yea , and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren , which are throughout all Macedonia : but we beseech you , brethren , that ye increase more and more , * * That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without , and that nothing be lacking vnto you . * * * * For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a (note :)The word which the apostle uses here , properly signifies that encouragement which mariners give to one another , when they altogether with one shout put forth their oars and row together .(:note ) 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 (note :)Suddenly and in the twinkling of an eye .(:note ) 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 your selues one another with these wordes .

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