1 Thessalonians 4 (NET)

1 Thessalonians 4:1¹Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 1:102 Thess 1:32 Pet 3:18Heb 13:162 Pet 1:5-10Phil 1:91 Thess 4:10-12Rom 12:1-21 Thess 3:12Phil 3:14

1 Thessalonians 4:2²For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 28:20Ezek 3:171 Cor 9:212 Thess 3:102 Thess 3:6

1 Thessalonians 4:3³For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:2Rom 12:21 Thess 5:23Heb 13:4Col 3:5Eph 5:171 Thess 4:4Eph 5:3-5Gal 5:191 John 2:17

1 Thessalonians 4:4⁴that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:9Rom 12:11 Cor 6:151 Pet 3:7Heb 13:41 Cor 7:2Rom 6:191 Cor 6:18-20Acts 9:15Phil 4:8

1 Thessalonians 4:5⁵not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 4:8Acts 17:30-31Eph 4:17-192 Thess 1:8Col 3:51 Cor 15:341 Pet 4:3Eph 2:12Rom 1:26Rom 1:28

1 Thessalonians 4:6⁶In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 13:4Exod 20:17Exod 20:15Rom 12:19Prov 28:24Rom 1:18Deut 32:35Ezek 22:13Gal 5:21Jas 2:6

1 Thessalonians 4:7⁷For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 11:441 Pet 2:9-12Eph 1:41 Pet 1:14-161 Pet 2:21-22Lev 19:2Rom 8:29-302 Pet 2:102 Tim 1:9Gal 5:19

1 Thessalonians 4:8⁸Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:24Luke 10:161 Sam 8:7John 12:482 Pet 1:21Prov 1:7Prov 23:9Rom 5:51 Cor 7:401 Sam 10:19

1 Thessalonians 4:9⁹Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 3:11Rom 12:101 John 3:231 John 4:21-5:1Heb 13:1John 13:34-351 Pet 4:81 Thess 5:1Acts 4:321 John 2:10

1 Thessalonians 4:10¹⁰And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 1:91 Thess 3:122 Thess 1:31 Thess 1:72 Cor 8:1-22 Cor 8:8-10Phil 3:13-151 Thess 4:12 Pet 3:18Col 1:4

1 Thessalonians 4:11¹¹to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 4:6Eph 4:281 Pet 3:4Titus 3:14Prov 17:1Lam 3:261 Tim 2:21 Cor 4:121 Tim 5:13Rom 12:11

1 Thessalonians 4:12¹²In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 4:51 Pet 2:12Rom 12:171 Tim 3:7Rom 13:131 Pet 3:16-17Mark 4:111 Thess 5:22Titus 2:8-101 Pet 3:1

1 Thessalonians 4:13¹³Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 12:21 Thess 4:151 Thess 5:101 Cor 15:18-192 Pet 3:41 Cor 15:6Acts 7:60Eph 2:12Ezek 37:11John 11:11-13

1 Thessalonians 4:14¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:11Phil 3:20-21Isa 26:192 Cor 4:13-141 Thess 4:131 Thess 3:131 Thess 4:17Rev 1:18Rev 14:13Jude 1:14-15

1 Thessalonians 4:15¹⁵For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:51-532 Cor 4:141 Thess 2:19

1 Thessalonians 4:16¹⁶For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:51-52Rev 1:7Matt 24:30-311 Cor 15:23Matt 16:27Matt 25:312 Thess 1:7Isa 27:132 Thess 2:1Rev 20:5-6

1 Thessalonians 4:17¹⁷Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:52Rev 11:12John 14:31 Thess 4:15Rev 1:7Rev 7:14-17Dan 7:13John 17:24Acts 1:9John 12:26

1 Thessalonians 4:18¹⁸Therefore encourage one another with these words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:111 Thess 5:14Luke 21:28Heb 10:24-25Isa 40:1-2Heb 12:12