Living
To Please God
Finally,
brothers, we instructed you how to live
In
order to please God,
As
in fact you are living.
Now
we ask you and Urge you in the Lord Jesus
To
do this more and more.
2
You know what instruction we gave you
By
the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3
IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT YOU SHOULD BE HOLY;
That
you should avoid Sexual Immorality;
4
That each of you should learn to control his own body
IN
A WAY THAT IS HOLY AND HONORABLE,
NOT
IN PASSIONATE LUST LIKE THE HEATHEN,
WHO
DO NOT KNOW GOD;
6
And that in this matter
No
one should wrong his brother
Or
take advantage of him.
THE
LORD WILL PUNISH MEN FOR ALL SUCH SINS,
As
we have already told you and Warned you.
7
FOR GOD DID NOT CALL US TO BE IMPURE,
BUT
TO LOVE A HOLY LIFE.
8
Therefore, he who rejects this instruction
Does
not reject man but God,
WHO
GIVES YOU HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
9
Now about brotherly love
We
do not need to write to you,
FOR
YOU YOURSELVES HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY GOD
TO
LOVE EACH OTHER.
10
And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia.
Yet
we Urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.
11
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life,
To
mind your own business
And
to work with our hands,
Just
as we told you,
12
SO THAT YOUR DAILY LIFE
MAY
WIN THE RESPECT OF OUTSIDERS
AND
SO YOU WILL NOT BE DEPENDENT ON ANYBODY.
The
Coming Of The Lord
13
Brothers, we do not want you to be Ignorant
About
those who fall asleep,
Or
to Grieve like the rest of men,
WHO
HAVE NO HOPE.
14
We believe that Jesus died and rose again
And
so we believe that God will bring with Jesus
Those
who have fallen asleep IN HIM.
15
According to the Lord's own Word,
We
tell you that we who are still alive,
Who
are left till the Coming of the Lord,
Will
certainly not precede
Those
who have fallen asleep.
16
FOR THE LORD HIMSELF
WILL
COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN,
WITH
A LOUD COMMAND,
WITH
THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL
AND
WITH THE TRUMPET CALL OF GOD,
AND
THE DEAD IN CHRIST WILL RISE FIRST.
17
AFTER THAT, WE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE AND ARE LEFT
WILL
BE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS
TO
MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR.
AN
SO WE WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER.
18
Therefore, encourage each other with these words.
(1
Thessalonians 4)
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