1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no one goes beyond and defrauds his brother in the matter, because the LORD [is] an avenger of all these, as we also spoke to you before and testified,
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In Context
5not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,
7for God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Cross References
Exodus 20:17You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”
Leviticus 19:13You do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you until morning.
Leviticus 25:17and you do not oppress one another, and you have been afraid of your God; for I [am] your God YHWH.
Deuteronomy 25:13You do not have [both] a great stone and a small stone in your bag.
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I [am]; testify against me before YHWH, and before His anointed; whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken, and whom have I oppressed; whom have I bruised, and of whose hand have I taken a ransom, and hide my eyes with it? And I restore [it] to you.”
Psalms 94:1God of vengeance—YHWH! God of vengeance, shine forth.
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 →