1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what charges I laid upon you through the Lord Jesus.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

In Context

1Finally then, my brothers, I continue to beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you learned of me how to walk so as to please God - and you are actually doing so - that you abound in it yet more and more.

3For this is God’s will, even your sanctification; that you should abstain from sexual vice.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe every command which I have given you. and lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."

2 Thessalonians 3:6I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

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 →

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