1 Thessalonians 4:6
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
and 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.
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and 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.
- KJV
- That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
- WEB
- that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
- ASV
- that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
- DARBY
- not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
- BLB
- not to go beyond and to take advantage of his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] avenging concerning all these things, just as also we said before to you⁺ and earnestly testified.
- ÅB
- at ingen skal gjøre sin bror urett og uskjell i det han har å gjøre med ham; for Herren er hevner over alt dette, slik som vi også forut har sagt og vitnet for dere.
- OTB
- og at ingen gjør urett eller utnytter sin bror eller søster i denne saken, fordi Herren er den som bringer rettferdighet i alle disse tingene, akkurat som vi også fortalte dere tidligere og høytidelig advarte dere.
- B1930
- at ingen skal gjøre sin bror urett og uskjell i det han har å gjøre med ham; for Herren er hevner over alt dette, således som vi også forut har sagt og vidnet for eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in contextRomans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Read in contextExodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Read in contextExodus 20:15
You shall not steal.
Read in contextProverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Read in contextRomans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextJames 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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