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1 Thessalonians 4

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1 Thessalonians 4 . 1

1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.IPExodus 19:5-6C1 Thessalonians 04:1-10TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:1TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 6

6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.IPExodus 19:5-6 Psalm 94:1TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:6TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 7

7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.IPExodus 19:5-6TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:7TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 8

8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.IPExodus 19:5-6 Ezekiel 36:25-27TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:8TTCeremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement) Church as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit) Purifications (Cleansing and Consecration)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 9

9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.IPExodus 19:5-6 Isaiah 54:13TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:9TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Marriage (Christ and His Bride) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 10

10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and moreIPExodus 19:5-6TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:10TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 11

11 and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.IPExodus 19:5-6TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:11TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 12

12 Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.IPExodus 19:5-6TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:12TTChurch as Israel (New Covenant People) Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 13

13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:13TTIsaac (Child of Promise)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 14

14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:14

1 Thessalonians 4 . 15

15 By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:15

1 Thessalonians 4 . 16

16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.IPDaniel 7:13TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:16TTFeast of Trumpets (The Final Call)

1 Thessalonians 4 . 17

17 After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.TOSK1 Thessalonians 4:17TTEnoch (Translation Without Death)