1 Thessalonians 4:6
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
7For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Cross References
Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbour's house, you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbour's.
Leviticus 19:13You shall not defraud your neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.
Leviticus 25:17All of you shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God:for I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 25:13You shall not have in your bag divers weights, a great and a small.
1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Psalms 94:1O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
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 →