Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
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] Brothers and sisters, now I have some other things to tell you. We taught you how to live in a way that will please God. And you are living that way. Now we ask you and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way 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] You know the things we told you to do. We told you those things by the authority (power) 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. F12 He wants you to stay away from sexual sins.
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] God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God. F13
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] Don't let your physical desires control you. The people of the world who don't know God do that.
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] None of you should do wrong to your brother {in Christ} or cheat him in this way. The Lord will punish people that do those things. We have already told you and warned you about that.
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 called us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.
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] So the person who refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not man. And God is the One who gives you his Holy Spirit. F14
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:9 JFB -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:9 PNT -> Commentary on 4:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:9 TSK -> Commentary on 4:9 TSK -> Entry for 4:9 WEN -> Notes on 4:9 NTB -> Character; Church; Commandments; Fraternity; Holy Spirit; Love TTT -> Character of Saints; Love to Man PWP -> Devotional using 4:9 4:9 - [In Context] We don't need to write to you about having love for your brothers and sisters in Christ. God has already taught you to love each other.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:10 JFB -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:10 PNT -> Commentary on 4:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:10 TSK -> Commentary on 4:10 TSK -> Entry for 4:10 WEN -> Notes on 4:10 NTB -> Commandments PWP -> Devotional using 4:10 4:10 - [In Context] And truly you do love the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. Brothers and sisters, now we encourage you to love them more and more.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:11 JFB -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:11 PNT -> Commentary on 4:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:11 TSK -> Commentary on 4:11 TSK -> Entry for 4:11 WEN -> Notes on 4:11 NTB -> Commandments; Evil; Honesty; Industry; Labor TTT -> Hands, The; Industry EBD -> Poor PWP -> Devotional using 4:11 TV -> Devotional using 4:11 TV -> Devotional using 4:11 4:11 - [In Context] Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business. Do your own work. We have already told you to do these things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:12 JFB -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:12 PNT -> Commentary on 4:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:12 TSK -> Commentary on 4:12 TSK -> Entry for 4:12 WEN -> Notes on 4:12 NTB -> Commandments; Evil; Honesty; Industry; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Labor TTT -> Conduct, Christian PWP -> Devotional using 4:12 TV -> Devotional using 4:12 TV -> Devotional using 4:12 4:12 - [In Context] If you do these things, then people who are not believers will respect the way you live. And you will not have to depend on other people for what you need.
FOOTNOTES: F12: holy   A holy person is pure and belongs only to God. F13: God wants … honor to God   Or, God wants each of you to learn to live with your wife in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God. F14: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world.

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: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.