📖 1 Thessalonians — Chapter 4 (KJV)
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1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you Rby the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:2 RFor ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For Rthis is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thessalonians 4:4 That every one of you Rshould know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
1 Thessalonians 4:5 Not Rin the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
1 Thessalonians 4:6 That no man go beyond and Rdefraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 For RGod hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, Rdespiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 But as Rtouching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:10 And indeed ye do it toward Rall the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And Rthat ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Thessalonians 4:12 That Rye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 But RI would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For Rif we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say unto you Rby the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For Rthe 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:
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then Rwe which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 RWherefore comfort one another with these words.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 — Sanctification and bodily honor
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Paul urges growth in pleasing God, rejecting sexual wrongdoing and exploitation because God calls believers to holiness.
Key Truth: Honor God and others through faithful bodily conduct.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the …” (1 Thessalonians 4:1)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “Not in the ____ of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:” (1 Thessalonians 4:5)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:5 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… but God, who hath also given unto us his holy ____ .” (1 Thessalonians 4:8)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
1 Thessalonians 4:9–12 — Brotherly love and quiet diligence
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Known love should increase; believers should work quietly and conduct themselves honorably toward outsiders.
Key Truth: Join love with responsible daily work.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “But as touching brotherly ____ ye need not that I write unto you: for ye …” (1 Thessalonians 4:9)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And that ye ____ to be quiet, and to do your own business, and …” (1 Thessalonians 4:11)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “That ye may ____ honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may …” (1 Thessalonians 4:12)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 — Comfort concerning the dead in Christ
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Paul grounds hope for departed believers in Jesus' resurrection and describes the Lord's coming, urging mutual comfort.
Key Truth: Comfort grief with resurrection hope.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “But I ____ not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which …” (1 Thessalonians 4:13)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… this we say unto you by the word of the ____ , that we which are alive and remain unto the …” (1 Thessalonians 4:15)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:15 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Wherefore comfort one another with these ____ .” (1 Thessalonians 4:18)
Find it in 1 Thessalonians 4:18 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
1 Corinthians 15:20 — Christ's resurrection also grounds Paul's teaching on those who sleep.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How can holiness, diligence, or resurrection hope guide a practical response today?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Which account best distinguishes 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 (Sanctification and bodily honor) from the other movements of this chapter?
2. Which account best distinguishes 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12 (Brotherly love and quiet diligence) from the other movements of this chapter?
3. Which account best distinguishes 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 (Comfort concerning the dead in Christ) from the other movements of this chapter?
4. What does Paul identify as God's will concerning conduct?
5. What response should follow the teaching just given about believers and the Lord's coming?
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