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1 Thessalonians 4

Paul urges the Thessalonians to live in purity, love one another more and more, and work quietly with their own hands. He then comforts those grieving for believers who have died: they will not be left behind, for the Lord will descend, the dead in Christ will rise first, and we will always be with the Lord.

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Key verses

  • Verse 13Grieve, but not without hope.
  • Verse 16The Lord will return and the dead in Christ will rise.
  • Verse 17We will always be with the Lord.

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.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:1Ask

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:2Ask

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:Selected1 Thessalonians 4:3Ask

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;Selected1 Thessalonians 4:4Ask

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:Selected1 Thessalonians 4:5Ask

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.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:6Ask

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:7Ask

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:8Ask

But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:9Ask

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;Selected1 Thessalonians 4:10Ask

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;Selected1 Thessalonians 4:11Ask

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:12Ask

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.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:13Ask

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:14Ask

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.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:15Ask

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:Selected1 Thessalonians 4:16Ask

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.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:17Ask

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.Selected1 Thessalonians 4:18Ask

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