1Thessalonians:4
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Furthermore then we beseech (
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you ,
brethren ,
and exhort (
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you by the Lord Jesus ,
that as ye have received (
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of us how ye ought (
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to walk (
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and to please (
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God ,
so ye would abound (
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more and more .
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For ye know (
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what commandments we gave (
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you by the Lord Jesus .
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For this is (
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the will of God ,
even your sanctification ,
that ye should abstain (
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from fornication :
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That every one of you should know (
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how to possess (
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his vessel in sanctification and honour ;
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Not in the lust of concupiscence ,
even as the Gentiles which know (
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not God :
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That no man go beyond (
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and defraud (
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his brother in any matter :
because that the Lord is the avenger of all such ,
as we also have forewarned (
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you and testified (
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For God hath not called (
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us unto uncleanness ,
but unto holiness .
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He therefore that despiseth (
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despiseth (
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not man ,
but God ,
who hath also given (
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unto us his holy Spirit .
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But as touching brotherly love ye need (
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not that I write (
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unto you :
for ye yourselves are (
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taught of God to love (
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one another .
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And indeed ye do (
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it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia :
but we beseech (
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you ,
brethren ,
that ye increase (
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more and more ;
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And that ye study (
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to be quiet (
5721 ),
and to do (
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your own business ,
and to work with (
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your own hands ,
as we commanded (
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you ;
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That ye may walk (
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honestly toward them that are without ,
and that ye may have (
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lack of nothing .
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But I would not have (
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you to be ignorant (
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brethren ,
concerning them which are asleep (
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that ye sorrow (
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not ,
even as others which have (
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no hope .
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For if we believe (
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that Jesus died (
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and rose again (
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even so them also which sleep (
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in Jesus will God bring (
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with him .
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For this we say (
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unto you by the word of the Lord ,
that we which are alive (
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and remain (
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unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (
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them which are asleep (
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For the Lord himself shall descend (
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from heaven with a shout ,
with the voice of the archangel ,
and with the trump of God :
and the dead in Christ shall rise (
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first :
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Then we which are alive (
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and remain (
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shall be caught up (
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together with them in the clouds ,
to meet the Lord in the air :
and so shall we ever be (
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with the Lord .
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Wherefore comfort (
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one another with these words .