1Furthermore[G3063]then[G3767] we beseech[G2065]you[G5209], brethren[G80], and[G2532]exhort[G3870]you[G5209]by[G1722] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424], that as[G2531]ye[G5209] have received[G3880]of[G3844]us[G2257]how[G4459]ye[G5209]ought[G1163] to walk[G4043]and[G2532] to please[G700]God[G2316], so[G2443]ye[G5209] would abound[G4052]more[G3123]and[G2532]more[G3123].
2For[G1063] ye know[G1492]what[G5101]commandments[G3852] we gave[G1325]you[G5213]by[G1223] the Lord[G2962]Jesus[G2424].
3For[G1063]this[G5124]is[G2076] the will[G2307] of God[G2316], even your[G5216]sanctification[G38], that ye[G5209] should abstain[G567]from[G575]fornication[G4202]:
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That every one[G1538] of you[G5216] should know[G1492] how to possess[G2932]his[G1438]vessel[G4632]in[G1722]sanctification[G38]and[G2532]honour[G5092];
5Not[G3361]in[G1722] the lust[G3806] of concupiscence[G1939], even[G2532]as[G2509] the Gentiles[G1484]which[G3588]know[G1492]not[G3361]God[G2316]:
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That no[G3361] man go beyond[G5233]and[G2532]defraud[G4122]his[G846]brother[G80]in[G1722] any matter[G4229]: because[G1360] that the Lord[G2962] is the avenger[G1558]of[G4012]all[G3956]such[G5130], as[G2531]we[G4277]also[G2532] have forewarned[G4277]you[G5213]and[G2532]testified[G1263].
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He therefore[G5105] that despiseth[G114], despiseth[G114]not[G3756]man[G444], but[G235]God[G2316], who hath[G1325]also[G2532]given[G1325]unto[G1519]us[G2248]his[G846]holy[G40]Spirit[G4151].
9But[G1161] as touching[G4012] brotherly love[G5360]ye[G5210]need[G2192]not[G3756] that I write[G1125] unto you[G5213]: for[G1063]ye[G5210]yourselves[G846]are[G2075] taught of God[G2312]to[G1519]love[G25] one another[G240].
10And[G2532]indeed[G1063] ye do[G4160]it[G846]toward[G1519]all[G3956] the brethren[G80]which[G3588] are in[G1722]all[G3650]Macedonia[G3109]: but[G1161] we beseech[G3870]you[G5209], brethren[G80], that ye increase[G4052]more[G3123]and[G2532]more[G3123];
11And[G2532] that ye study[G5389] to be quiet[G2270], and[G2532] to do[G4238]your[G5216]own[G2398]business[G2398], and[G2532] to work with[G2038]your[G5216]own[G2398]hands[G5495], as[G2531] we commanded[G3853]you[G5213];
12That[G2443] ye may walk[G4043]honestly[G2156]toward[G4314] them that[G2443] are without[G1854], and[G2532]that[G2443] ye may have[G2192]lack[G5532] of nothing[G3367].
13But[G1161] I would[G2309]not[G3756]have[G2309]you[G5209] to be ignorant[G50], brethren[G80], concerning[G4012] them which[G3588] are asleep[G2837], that[G3363] ye sorrow[G3076]not[G3363], even[G2532]as[G2531]others[G3062]which[G3588]have[G2192]no[G3361]hope[G1680].
14For[G1063]if[G1487] we believe[G4100]that[G3754]Jesus[G2424]died[G599]and[G2532] rose again[G450], even so[G3779] them also[G2532] which sleep[G2837]in[G1223]Jesus[G2424]will[G71]God[G2316]bring[G71]with[G4862]him[G846].
15For[G1063]this[G5124]we[G2249]say[G3004]unto[G1519]you[G5213]by[G1722] the word[G3056] of the Lord[G2962], that[G3754]we[G2249]which[G3588] are alive[G2198] and remain[G4035]unto[G1519] the coming[G3952] of the Lord[G2962]shall[G5348]not[G3364]prevent[G5348] them which[G3588] are asleep[G2837].
16For[G3754] the Lord[G2962]himself[G846] shall descend[G2597]from[G575]heaven[G3772]with[G1722] a shout[G2752], with[G1722] the voice[G5456] of the archangel[G743], and[G2532]with[G1722] the trump[G4536] of God[G2316]: and[G2532] the dead[G3498]in[G1722]Christ[G5547] shall rise[G450]first[G4412]:
17Then[G1899]we[G2249]which[G3588] are alive[G2198]and[G2532]remain[G4035] shall be[G2071] caught up[G726]together[G260]with[G4862]them[G846]in[G1722] the clouds[G3507], to[G1519]meet[G529] the Lord[G2962]in[G1519] the air[G109]: and[G2532]so[G3779] shall we[G2071]ever[G3842]be[G2071]with[G4862] the Lord[G2962].
18Wherefore[G5620]comfort[G3870] one another[G240]with[G1722]these[G5125]words[G3056].