1 Thessalonians 4

1 Furthermore then, brethren, we beseech you, and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye are walking, ye would abound still more;

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.

2 for ye know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

4 that every one of you should know how to procure for himself his own vessel in purity and honor,

that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honour,

5 not in the passion of lust, even as the gentiles who know not God;

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

6 that no one should go beyond and overreach his brother in the matter; because the Lord is the avenger in respect to all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.

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.

7 For God did not call us to live in uncleanness, but in purity.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

8 He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

9 But concerning brotherly love there is no need of writing to you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

10 for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, to abound in love still more;

for indeed you do it towards all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;

11 and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,

12 that ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.

that you may walk properly towards those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are sleeping, that ye may not sorrow, as others do, who have no hope.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then also will God, through Jesus, bring again with him those who have fallen asleep.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

15 For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are living, we who are left till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those who have fallen asleep.

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first;

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

17 then we who are living, we who are left, shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

18 So then comfort one another with these words.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.