1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

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¹Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

²For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

          3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
          4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
          5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
          6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
          7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
          8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

          9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
          10And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
          11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
          12Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

— 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

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