1 Thessalonians 4:2
1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by 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.
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
- KJV
- For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
- WEB
- For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
- ASV
- For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
- DARBY
- For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
- BLB
- For you⁺ know what instructions we gave you⁺ through the Lord Jesus.
- ÅB
- Dere vet jo hvilke bud vi gav dere ved den Herre Jesus.
- OTB
- For dere er klar over instruksjonen vi ga dere gjennom autoriteten til Herren Jesus.
- B1930
- I vet jo hvilke bud vi gav eder ved den Herre Jesus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:21
To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
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