1 Thessalonians 4:6
Don't cheat or take advantage of another Christian in these matters, for the Lord is the one who executes justice in all such things, as we've already clearly explained to you, and warned you about.
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5not indulging passionate lust like the heathen who have no knowledge of God.
7For God did not call us to live impure lives, but holy lives.
Cross References
Exodus 20:17You must not desire to have anyone else's house. You must not desire to have their wife, or their male slave or female slave, or their ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to them.”
Leviticus 19:13Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
Leviticus 25:17Don't exploit one another, but have respect for your God, because I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 25:13Don't have two different measuring weights in your bag, one that's heavy and one that's light.
1 Samuel 12:3I stand here before you. Bring any charges you have against me in the presence of the Lord and of his anointed one. Have I taken anyone's ox or donkey? Have I wronged anyone? Have I oppressed anyone? Have I accepted a bribe from anyone to turn a blind eye? Tell me, and I will repay you.”
Psalms 94:1The Lord is a God of vengeance! God of vengeance, shine out!
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 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. 2 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; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →