1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
In Context
3For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you abstain from fornication;
Cross References
Matthew 28:20and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close of the Age."
2 Thessalonians 3:6But, by the authority of the Lord, we command you, brethren, to stand aloof from every brother whose life is disorderly and not in accordance with the teaching which all received from us.
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 →