Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
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] Finally, dear brothers and sisters, F7 we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and 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] For you remember what we taught you in the name 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] God wants you to be holy, so you should keep clear of all sexual sin.
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] Then each of you will control your body F8 and live in holiness and honor –
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] not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways.
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] Never cheat a Christian brother in this matter by taking his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.
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] God has called us to be holy, not to live impure lives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:8 JFB -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:8 PNT -> Commentary on 4:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:8 TSK -> Commentary on 4:8 TSK -> Entry for 4:8 WEN -> Notes on 4:8 NTB -> Holy Spirit TTT -> Contempt SBD -> Thessalonians, First Epistle to the TV -> Devotional using 4:8 TV -> Devotional using 4:8 4:8 - [In Context] Anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human rules but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
FOOTNOTES: F7: Greek brothers; also in 4:10, 13. F8: Or will know how to take a wife for himself; Greek reads will know how to possess his own vessel.

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 - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.