The New American Standard Bible
Book of 1 Thessalonians
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:1 JFB -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:1 PNT -> Commentary on 4:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:1 TSK -> Commentary on 4:1 TSK -> Entry for 4:1 WEN -> Notes on 4:1 NTB -> Commandments; Word Of God TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Devotedness to God; Sanctification PWP -> Devotional using 4:1 4:1 - [In Context|Original Greek] Finally R121 then, brethren, R122 we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us {instruction} as to how you ought to walk F40 R123 and please R124 God (just as you actually do walk), F40 that you excel R125 still more.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:2 JFB -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:2 PNT -> Commentary on 4:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:2 TSK -> Commentary on 4:2 TSK -> Entry for 4:2 WEN -> Notes on 4:2 NTB -> Word Of God PWP -> Devotional using 4:2 4:2 - [In Context|Original Greek] For you know what commandments we gave you by F41 {the authority of} the Lord Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:3 JFB -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:3 PNT -> Commentary on 4:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:3 TSK -> Commentary on 4:3 TSK -> Entry for 4:3 WEN -> Notes on 4:3 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Commandments; Holiness; Sanctification; Word Of God TTT -> Chastity; Sanctification UTM -> Devotional using 4:3 UTM -> Devotional using 4:3 PWP -> Devotional using 4:3 TV -> Devotional using 4:3 TV -> Devotional using 4:3 4:3 - [In Context|Original Greek] For this is the will of God, your sanctification; {that is,} that you abstain R126 from sexual F42 immorality;
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:4 JFB -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:4 PNT -> Commentary on 4:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:4 TSK -> Commentary on 4:4 TSK -> Entry for 4:4 WEN -> Notes on 4:4 NTB -> Adultery; Blindness; Gentiles; Holiness; Sanctification TTT -> Sanctification SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:4 4:4 - [In Context|Original Greek] that each R127 of you know how to possess F43 his own vessel F44 R128 in sanctification and honor, R129
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:5 JFB -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:5 PNT -> Commentary on 4:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:5 TSK -> Commentary on 4:5 TSK -> Entry for 4:5 WEN -> Notes on 4:5 NTB -> Adultery; Affections; Blindness; Commandments; Lasciviousness TTT -> Affections, The; Gentiles; Ignorance of God; Jews, The EBD -> Concupiscence SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:5 4:5 - [In Context|Original Greek] not in lustful F45 R130 passion, like the Gentiles who do R131 not know God;
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:6 JFB -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:6 PNT -> Commentary on 4:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:6 TSK -> Commentary on 4:6 TSK -> Entry for 4:6 WEN -> Notes on 4:6 NTB -> Commandments; Dishonesty TTT -> Injustice SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:6 4:6 - [In Context|Original Greek] {and} that no man transgress and defraud R132 his brother in R133 the matter because the R134 Lord is {the} avenger in all these things, just as we also told R135 you before and solemnly warned {you.}
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:7 JFB -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:7 PNT -> Commentary on 4:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:7 TSK -> Commentary on 4:7 TSK -> Entry for 4:7 WEN -> Notes on 4:7 NTB -> Adultery; Chastity; Holiness; Injustice TTT -> Call of God, The; Chastity; Holiness SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the PWP -> Devotional using 4:7 TV -> Devotional using 4:7 TV -> Devotional using 4:7 4:7 - [In Context|Original Greek] For God R136 has not called us for the R137 purpose of impurity, but in F46 sanctification.
FOOTNOTES: F40: Or conduct yourselves F41: Lit through the Lord F42: Or fornication F43: Or acquire F44: I.e. body; or wife F45: Lit passion of lust F46: I.e. in the state or sphere of
CROSS REFERENCES: R121: 1 Thessalonians 2:19 R122: Matthew 25:31; Mark 8:38; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 R123: 2 Corinthians 13:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:1 R124: Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2:1; 3:1,13 R125: Ephesians 4:1 R126: 2 Corinthians 5:9 R127: Philippians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 4:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3 R128: 1 Corinthians 6:18 R129: 1 Corinthians 7:2,9 R130: 2 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Peter 3:7 R131: Romans 1:24 R132: Romans 1:26 R133: Galatians 4:8 R134: 1 Corinthians 6:8 R135: 2 Corinthians 7:11 R136: Romans 12:19; 13:4; Hebrews 13:4 R137: Luke 16:28; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; Hebrews 2:6

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; PWP - Praying With Paul; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - The New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995; Audio Recording Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, (P) 1989 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For usage information, please read the NASB Copyright Statement.