Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4

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1 Thessalonians 4 . 1 , He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness; 1 Thessalonians 4 . 6 , to live holily and justly; 1 Thessalonians 4 . 9 , to love one another; 1 Thessalonians 4 . 11 , and quietly to follow their own business; 1 Thessalonians 4 . 13 , and last of all , to sorrow moderately for the dead; 1 Thessalonians 4 . 17 , And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrection , and second coming of Christ to judgment.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:1 · BSB

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we beseech or , we request

exhort or , beseech.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:2 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:3

For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

1 Thessalonians 4:3 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:4

each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

1 Thessalonians 4:4 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

1 Thessalonians 4:5 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:6

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:6 · BSB

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or , oppress , or , over-reach

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in any matter or , in the matter

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:8

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 · BSB

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or , rejecteth

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1 Thessalonians 4:9

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:10

And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

1 Thessalonians 4:10 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:12

Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.

1 Thessalonians 4:12 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:13

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:14

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:15

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:15 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:16

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:17

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 · BSB

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1 Thessalonians 4:18

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web16 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions 1 Thessalonians 4:6b → Psalm 94:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:8 → Ezekiel 36:25-27, 1 Thessalonians 4:9 → Isaiah 54:13
Echoes 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 → Exodus 19:5-6, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 → Daniel 7:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:5 → Job 18:21
Trajectories
Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement), Church as Israel (New Covenant People), Enoch (Translation Without Death), Feast of Trumpets (The Final Call), Isaac (Child of Promise), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Pentecost (Outpouring of the Spirit), Purifications (Cleansing and Consecration)
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Thessalonians 04:1–10, 1 Thessalonians 04:18–05:11
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