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1 Thessalonians 4

Paul urges believers to abound in holy living, especially sexual purity, brotherly love, quiet work, and honorable conduct. He then comforts those grieving dead believers: the dead in Christ will rise first, living believers will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air, and all will ever be with the Lord.

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Verses 1–8Believers are urged to please God by walking in sanctification and abstaining from fornication Verses 9–12They are told to increase in brotherly love, live quietly, work with their hands, and walk honestly Verses 13–18Paul comforts believers about those who sleep in Jesus and describes the Lord’s descent and the catching up of believers

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1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by…2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the…3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,…4That every one of you should know how to possess…5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles…6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in…7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto…8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who…9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I…10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which…11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do…12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without,…13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,…14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,…15For this we say unto you by the word of…16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a…17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught…18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.