1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as youdPhil. 4:9; Col. 2:6 received from useSee Eph. 4:1 how you ought to live andfSee Col. 1:10 to please God, just as you are doing, that yougSee ch. 3:12 do so more and more. 2 Forh[1 Cor. 11:2] you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God,iRom. 6:19, 22; 1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Tim. 2:15; Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 1:2 your sanctification:1Or your holinessjSee 1 Cor. 6:18 that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his ownk1 Pet. 3:7; [2 Cor. 4:7] body1Or how to take a wife for himself; Greek how to possess his own vessel in holiness andl[Rom. 1:24] honor, 5 not inmSee Rom. 1:26 the passion of lustnEph. 4:17 like the GentilesoPs. 79:6; Jer. 9:3; 10:25; See Gal. 4:8 who do not know God; 6 that no one transgress andp1 Cor. 6:8 wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord isqRom. 13:4; [Rom. 12:19; Heb. 13:4] an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 Forrver. 3; See 1 Pet. 1:15 God has not called us forsch. 2:3 impurity, but in holiness. 8 Thereforet[ch. 2:13]; See Luke 10:16 whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God,u1 John 3:24; 4:13 who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Now concerningvSee Heb. 13:1 brotherly lovewch. 5:1 you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have beenxJohn 6:45; [1 John 2:27] taught by GodySee John 13:34 to love one another, 10 for that indeed is whatzch. 1:7 you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, toaSee ch. 3:12 do this more and more, 11 and to aspirebProv. 17:14; 20:3; 25:8; 2 Thess. 3:12 to live quietly, andc2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Pet. 4:15 to mind your own affairs, andd[Acts 18:3]; See Eph. 4:28 to work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12 so that you mayeRom. 13:13; [Col. 4:5] live properly beforefSee Mark 4:11 outsiders and be dependent on no one.
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep,g[Lev. 19:28; Deut. 14:1; 2 Sam. 12:20-23; Mark 5:39] that you may not grieve as others dohEph. 2:12 who have no hope. 14 Fori1 Cor. 15:13; [2 Cor. 4:14; Rev. 1:18] since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with himj1 Cor. 15:18 those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to youkSee 1 Kgs. 13:17 by a word from the Lord,1Or by the word of the Lord thatl1 Cor. 15:51 we who are alive, who are left untilmSee ch. 2:19 the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 FornSee Matt. 16:27 the Lord himself will descendo2 Thess. 1:7 from heavenp[Joel 2:11] with a cry of command, with the voice ofqJude 9 an archangel, andrMatt. 24:31; 1 Cor. 15:52 with the sound of the trumpet of God. Ands1 Cor. 15:23; [2 Thess. 2:1; Rev. 14:13] the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will betSee 2 Cor. 12:2 caught up together with themu[Dan. 7:13; Acts 1:9; Rev. 11:12] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and sovSee John 12:26 we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.