1Thessalonians:4:1-12
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Furthermore 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 abound more and more .
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For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus .
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For this is the will of God ,
even your sanctification ,
that ye should abstain from fornication :
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That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour ;
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Not in the lust of concupiscence ,
even as the Gentiles which know not God :
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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 .
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness ,
but unto holiness .
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He therefore that despiseth ,
despiseth not man ,
but God ,
who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit .
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But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you :
for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another .
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And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia :
but we beseech you ,
brethren ,
that ye increase more and more ;
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And that ye study to be quiet ,
and to do your own business ,
and to work with your own hands ,
as we commanded you ;
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That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without ,
and that ye may have lack of nothing .