And this may be done by the many lessons to be learned from the resurrection of the dead, and the second coming of Christ. NIV 1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Sanctification, in the renewal of their souls under the influences of the Holy Spirit, and attention to appointed duties, constituted the will of God respecting them. KJV 1 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. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. 1 Thessalonians 4 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. Those who are busy-bodies, meddling in other men's matters, have little quiet in their own minds, and cause great disturbances among their neighbours. Christianity does not take us from the work and duty of our particular callings, but teaches us to be diligent therein. 1 Thessalonians 4 - 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. 10 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; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 KJV (King James Version) Connect this chapter vs 16-17 to 1 Thess. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. Some make light of the precepts of holiness, because they hear them from men; but they are God's commands, and to break them is to despise God.9-12 We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. Font Size. 4 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. Who can feel comfort from those words? 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 10 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; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. The teaching of the Spirit exceeds the teachings of men; and men's teaching is vain and useless, unless God teach. In aspiring after this renewal of the soul unto holiness, strict restraint must be put upon the appetites and senses of the body, and on the thoughts and inclinations of the will, which lead to wrong uses of them. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. It will be some happiness that all the saints shall meet, and remain together for ever; but the principal happiness of heaven is to be with the Lord, to see him, live with him, and enjoy him for ever. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. 4 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. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. We should support one another in times sorrow; not deaden one another's spirits, or weaken one another's hands. That man alone with whose spirit the Spirit of God bears witness that his sins are blotted out, and the thoughts of whose heart are purified by the Holy Spirit, so that he can love God, and worthily magnify his name. comfort a man by telling him he is going to appear before the judgment-seat of God! 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 1 Thessalonians 4 King James Version (KJV). Exhortations to purity and holiness. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 6 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. People often by slothfulness reduce themselves to great straits, and are liable to many wants; while such as are diligent in their own business, earn their own bread, and have great pleasure in so doing.13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. They seldom mind the other exhortation, to be diligent in their own calling, to work with their own hands.

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