1 Thessalonians 4

1For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and pleaseGod, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more.

2For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3For this is [the] will ofGod, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;

4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,

4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

5(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know notGod,)

5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

6not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

6that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

7ForGod has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

8He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, butGod, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

8Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

9Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught ofGod to love one another.

9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

10For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,

10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

11and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,

11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

12that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.

12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

13But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

13But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

14For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so alsoGod will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15(For this we say to you in [the] word of [the] Lord, that we, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;

15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.

16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump ofGod, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

16For 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;

17then we, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in [the] clouds, to meet the Lord in [the] air; and thus we shall be always with [the] Lord.

17then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18So encourage one another with these words.)

18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.