Read the Bible
KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE

1 Thessalonians 4:1–8

TEXT EDITION
Pure Cambridge Edition selected
FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Share
Email linkOpen a new message in your email app
Read chapterReport issue
More

PASSAGE SELECTION

Build from either side

8 selected · 10 available

Add or remove verses within this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.

SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE

Cross References

All 202 ranked passages are available for comparison.

From verse 1

  1. Colossians 1:10Rank 1 from verse 1
    Open

    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  2. 2 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 2 from verse 1
    Open

    3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

  3. 2 Peter 3:18Rank 3 from verse 1
    Open

    18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

  4. Hebrews 13:16Rank 4 from verse 1
    Open

    16But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

  5. 2 Peter 1:5–10Rank 5 from verse 1
    Open

    5And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

    6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

    8For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

    10Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

  6. Philippians 1:9Rank 6 from verse 1
    Open

    9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

  7. 1 Thessalonians 4:10–12Rank 7 from verse 1
    Open

    10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

    11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

  8. Romans 12:1–2Rank 8 from verse 1
    Open

    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

  9. 1 Thessalonians 3:12Rank 9 from verse 1
    Open

    12And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

  10. Philippians 3:14Rank 10 from verse 1
    Open

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:58Rank 11 from verse 1
    Open

    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  12. 1 John 3:22Rank 12 from verse 1
    Open

    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  13. 2 Corinthians 13:11Rank 13 from verse 1
    Open

    11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

  14. Ephesians 4:1Rank 14 from verse 1
    Open

    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  15. Job 17:9Rank 15 from verse 1
    Open

    9The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

  16. 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12Rank 16 from verse 1
    Open

    11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  17. 2 Thessalonians 2:1Rank 17 from verse 1
    Open

    1NOW we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

  18. 2 Thessalonians 3:1Rank 18 from verse 1
    Open

    1FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

  19. Colossians 2:6Rank 19 from verse 1
    Open

    6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

  20. John 15:2Rank 20 from verse 1
    Open

    2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  21. Philippians 1:27Rank 21 from verse 1
    Open

    27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  22. Psalms 92:14Rank 22 from verse 1
    Open

    14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

  23. 1 Thessalonians 4:2Rank 23 from verse 1
    Open

    2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  24. 2 Corinthians 5:9Rank 24 from verse 1
    Open

    9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

  25. 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12Rank 25 from verse 1
    Open

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

    11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

    12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

  26. Philemon 1:9–10Rank 26 from verse 1
    Open

    9Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

    10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

  27. Proverbs 4:18Rank 27 from verse 1
    Open

    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  28. Romans 8:8Rank 28 from verse 1
    Open

    8So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

  29. 1 Corinthians 11:23Rank 29 from verse 1
    Open

    23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

  30. 1 Corinthians 15:1Rank 30 from verse 1
    Open

    1MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

  31. 1 Timothy 6:13–14Rank 31 from verse 1
    Open

    13I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

    14That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  32. 2 Corinthians 10:1Rank 32 from verse 1
    Open

    1NOW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

  33. 2 Corinthians 6:1Rank 33 from verse 1
    Open

    1WE then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

  34. Acts 20:27Rank 34 from verse 1
    Open

    27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

  35. Ephesians 4:20Rank 35 from verse 1
    Open

    20But ye have not so learned Christ;

  36. Ephesians 5:17Rank 36 from verse 1
    Open

    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

  37. Hebrews 11:6Rank 37 from verse 1
    Open

    6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  38. 1 Timothy 5:21Rank 38 from verse 1
    Open

    21I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

  39. 2 Timothy 4:1Rank 39 from verse 1
    Open

    1I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

  40. Hebrews 13:22Rank 40 from verse 1
    Open

    22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.

From verse 2

  1. Matthew 28:20Rank 1 from verse 2
    Open

    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  2. Ezekiel 3:17Rank 2 from verse 2
    Open

    17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  3. 1 Corinthians 9:21Rank 3 from verse 2
    Open

    21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:10Rank 4 from verse 2
    Open

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

  5. 2 Thessalonians 3:6Rank 5 from verse 2
    Open

    6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

From verse 3

  1. 1 Peter 4:2Rank 1 from verse 3
    Open

    2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

  2. Romans 12:2Rank 2 from verse 3
    Open

    2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:23Rank 3 from verse 3
    Open

    23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  4. Hebrews 13:4Rank 4 from verse 3
    Open

    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  5. Colossians 3:5Rank 5 from verse 3
    Open

    5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  6. Ephesians 5:17Rank 6 from verse 3
    Open

    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 4:4Rank 7 from verse 3
    Open

    4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

  8. Ephesians 5:3–5Rank 8 from verse 3
    Open

    3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

    4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

    5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

  9. Galatians 5:19Rank 9 from verse 3
    Open

    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  10. 1 John 2:17Rank 10 from verse 3
    Open

    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

  11. 2 Thessalonians 2:13Rank 11 from verse 3
    Open

    13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

  12. Matthew 7:21Rank 12 from verse 3
    Open

    21¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

  13. Revelation 21:8Rank 13 from verse 3
    Open

    8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  14. 1 Corinthians 6:13–18Rank 14 from verse 3
    Open

    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

    14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

    16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

    17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

  15. 1 Corinthians 6:9–11Rank 15 from verse 3
    Open

    9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

    10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

    11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  16. Ephesians 5:26–27Rank 16 from verse 3
    Open

    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

    27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

  17. John 17:17–19Rank 17 from verse 3
    Open

    17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

    18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

    19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

  18. 1 Corinthians 7:2Rank 18 from verse 3
    Open

    2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  19. Acts 15:29Rank 19 from verse 3
    Open

    29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

  20. Ephesians 6:6Rank 20 from verse 3
    Open

    6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

  21. Hebrews 10:36Rank 21 from verse 3
    Open

    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

  22. 1 Thessalonians 5:18Rank 22 from verse 3
    Open

    18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

  23. Psalms 143:10Rank 23 from verse 3
    Open

    10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  24. Psalms 40:8Rank 24 from verse 3
    Open

    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  25. Mark 3:35Rank 25 from verse 3
    Open

    35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

  26. 1 Corinthians 5:9–11Rank 26 from verse 3
    Open

    9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

    10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

    11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

  27. 1 Peter 1:2Rank 27 from verse 3
    Open

    2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

  28. 2 Corinthians 12:21Rank 28 from verse 3
    Open

    21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

  29. Matthew 12:50Rank 29 from verse 3
    Open

    50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  30. Matthew 15:19Rank 30 from verse 3
    Open

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  31. 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 31 from verse 3
    Open

    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

  32. Acts 26:18Rank 32 from verse 3
    Open

    18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

  33. Colossians 1:9Rank 33 from verse 3
    Open

    9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

  34. Hebrews 13:21Rank 34 from verse 3
    Open

    21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  35. John 4:34Rank 35 from verse 3
    Open

    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  36. Acts 15:20Rank 36 from verse 3
    Open

    20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

  37. Acts 20:32Rank 37 from verse 3
    Open

    32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

  38. Colossians 4:12Rank 38 from verse 3
    Open

    12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

  39. Hebrews 12:16Rank 39 from verse 3
    Open

    16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

  40. John 7:17Rank 40 from verse 3
    Open

    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  41. Romans 1:29Rank 41 from verse 3
    Open

    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  42. Romans 6:22Rank 42 from verse 3
    Open

    22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  43. Titus 2:14Rank 43 from verse 3
    Open

    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  44. Revelation 22:15Rank 44 from verse 3
    Open

    15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

From verse 4

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:9Rank 1 from verse 4
    Open

    9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

  2. Romans 12:1Rank 2 from verse 4
    Open

    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

  3. 1 Corinthians 6:15Rank 3 from verse 4
    Open

    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

  4. 1 Peter 3:7Rank 4 from verse 4
    Open

    7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

  5. Hebrews 13:4Rank 5 from verse 4
    Open

    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  6. 1 Corinthians 7:2Rank 6 from verse 4
    Open

    2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  7. Romans 6:19Rank 7 from verse 4
    Open

    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

  8. 1 Corinthians 6:18–20Rank 8 from verse 4
    Open

    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

    20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

  9. Acts 9:15Rank 9 from verse 4
    Open

    15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  10. Philippians 4:8Rank 10 from verse 4
    Open

    8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

  11. Romans 1:24Rank 11 from verse 4
    Open

    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  12. Romans 9:21–23Rank 12 from verse 4
    Open

    21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

    22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

    23And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  13. 2 Corinthians 4:7Rank 13 from verse 4
    Open

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  14. 2 Timothy 2:20–21Rank 14 from verse 4
    Open

    20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

    21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

  15. 1 Samuel 21:5Rank 15 from verse 4
    Open

    5And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

From verse 5

  1. Galatians 4:8Rank 1 from verse 5
    Open

    8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

  2. Acts 17:30–31Rank 2 from verse 5
    Open

    30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

    31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  3. Ephesians 4:17–19Rank 3 from verse 5
    Open

    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

    18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

    19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 4 from verse 5
    Open

    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  5. Colossians 3:5Rank 5 from verse 5
    Open

    5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 6 from verse 5
    Open

    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

  7. 1 Peter 4:3Rank 7 from verse 5
    Open

    3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

  8. Ephesians 2:12Rank 8 from verse 5
    Open

    12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

  9. Romans 1:26Rank 9 from verse 5
    Open

    26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

  10. Romans 1:28Rank 10 from verse 5
    Open

    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  11. Acts 17:23Rank 11 from verse 5
    Open

    23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

  12. Luke 12:30Rank 12 from verse 5
    Open

    30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

  13. Matthew 6:32Rank 13 from verse 5
    Open

    32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

  14. Romans 1:24Rank 14 from verse 5
    Open

    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  15. 1 Corinthians 1:21Rank 15 from verse 5
    Open

    21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

From verse 6

  1. Hebrews 13:4Rank 1 from verse 6
    Open

    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  2. Exodus 20:15Rank 2 from verse 6
    Open

    15Thou shalt not steal.

  3. Exodus 20:17Rank 3 from verse 6
    Open

    17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

  4. Romans 12:19Rank 4 from verse 6
    Open

    19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

  5. Proverbs 28:24Rank 5 from verse 6
    Open

    24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

  6. Romans 1:18Rank 6 from verse 6
    Open

    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

  7. Deuteronomy 32:35Rank 7 from verse 6
    Open

    35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  8. Ezekiel 22:13Rank 8 from verse 6
    Open

    13¶ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

  9. Galatians 5:21Rank 9 from verse 6
    Open

    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  10. James 2:6Rank 10 from verse 6
    Open

    6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  11. James 5:4Rank 11 from verse 6
    Open

    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

  12. Luke 12:5Rank 12 from verse 6
    Open

    5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

  13. Malachi 3:5Rank 13 from verse 6
    Open

    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  14. Romans 13:4Rank 14 from verse 6
    Open

    4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

  15. 1 Corinthians 6:7–9Rank 15 from verse 6
    Open

    7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

    8Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

    9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

  16. 1 Samuel 12:3–4Rank 16 from verse 6
    Open

    3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

    4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

  17. 2 Thessalonians 1:8Rank 17 from verse 6
    Open

    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  18. Amos 8:5–6Rank 18 from verse 6
    Open

    5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

    6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

  19. Deuteronomy 24:7Rank 19 from verse 6
    Open

    7¶ If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

  20. Ecclesiastes 5:8Rank 20 from verse 6
    Open

    8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

  21. Ephesians 4:17Rank 21 from verse 6
    Open

    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  22. Ephesians 5:6Rank 22 from verse 6
    Open

    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  23. Ezekiel 45:9–14Rank 23 from verse 6
    Open

    9¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

    10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

    11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

    12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

    13This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:

    14Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

  24. Isaiah 5:7Rank 24 from verse 6
    Open

    7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  25. Jeremiah 7:6Rank 25 from verse 6
    Open

    6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  26. Jeremiah 9:4Rank 26 from verse 6
    Open

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

  27. Job 31:13–14Rank 27 from verse 6
    Open

    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  28. Leviticus 19:11Rank 28 from verse 6
    Open

    11¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

  29. Leviticus 19:13Rank 29 from verse 6
    Open

    13¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

  30. Leviticus 25:14Rank 30 from verse 6
    Open

    14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

  31. Leviticus 25:17Rank 31 from verse 6
    Open

    17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

  32. Mark 10:19Rank 32 from verse 6
    Open

    19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

  33. Proverbs 11:1Rank 33 from verse 6
    Open

    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  34. Proverbs 20:14Rank 34 from verse 6
    Open

    14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

  35. Proverbs 20:23Rank 35 from verse 6
    Open

    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

  36. Proverbs 22:22–23Rank 36 from verse 6
    Open

    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

    23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  37. Psalms 140:12Rank 37 from verse 6
    Open

    12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

  38. Psalms 94:1Rank 38 from verse 6
    Open

    1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

  39. Zephaniah 3:1Rank 39 from verse 6
    Open

    1WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

  40. Zephaniah 3:5Rank 40 from verse 6
    Open

    5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

  41. Ephesians 4:28Rank 41 from verse 6
    Open

    28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

  42. Isaiah 1:23–24Rank 42 from verse 6
    Open

    23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

    24Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

  43. Isaiah 59:4–7Rank 43 from verse 6
    Open

    4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

    5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

  44. Micah 2:2Rank 44 from verse 6
    Open

    2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  45. Proverbs 16:11Rank 45 from verse 6
    Open

    11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  46. Deuteronomy 25:13–16Rank 46 from verse 6
    Open

    13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

From verse 7

  1. Leviticus 11:44Rank 1 from verse 7
    Open

    44For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  2. 1 Peter 2:9–12Rank 2 from verse 7
    Open

    9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

    10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  3. Ephesians 1:4Rank 3 from verse 7
    Open

    4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  4. 1 Peter 1:14–16Rank 4 from verse 7
    Open

    14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

    15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

    16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  5. 1 Peter 2:21–22Rank 5 from verse 7
    Open

    21For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

    22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

  6. Leviticus 19:2Rank 6 from verse 7
    Open

    2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

  7. Romans 8:29–30Rank 7 from verse 7
    Open

    29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  8. 2 Peter 2:10Rank 8 from verse 7
    Open

    10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

  9. 2 Timothy 1:9Rank 9 from verse 7
    Open

    9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  10. Galatians 5:19Rank 10 from verse 7
    Open

    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  11. 1 Thessalonians 2:3Rank 11 from verse 7
    Open

    3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

  12. 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14Rank 12 from verse 7
    Open

    13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

    14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  13. Hebrews 12:14Rank 13 from verse 7
    Open

    14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  14. Ephesians 2:10Rank 14 from verse 7
    Open

    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  15. Ephesians 4:1Rank 15 from verse 7
    Open

    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  16. Ephesians 4:19Rank 16 from verse 7
    Open

    19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  17. Romans 1:7Rank 17 from verse 7
    Open

    7To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  18. 1 Corinthians 1:2Rank 18 from verse 7
    Open

    2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

From verse 8

  1. 1 John 3:24Rank 1 from verse 8
    Open

    24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

  2. Luke 10:16Rank 2 from verse 8
    Open

    16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  3. 1 Samuel 8:7Rank 3 from verse 8
    Open

    7And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

  4. John 12:48Rank 4 from verse 8
    Open

    48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

  5. 2 Peter 1:21Rank 5 from verse 8
    Open

    21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

  6. Proverbs 1:7Rank 6 from verse 8
    Open

    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  7. Proverbs 23:9Rank 7 from verse 8
    Open

    9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

  8. Romans 5:5Rank 8 from verse 8
    Open

    5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

  9. 1 Corinthians 7:40Rank 9 from verse 8
    Open

    40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

  10. 1 Samuel 10:19Rank 10 from verse 8
    Open

    19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.

  11. Acts 5:3–4Rank 11 from verse 8
    Open

    3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

    4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

  12. Galatians 4:6Rank 12 from verse 8
    Open

    6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

  13. Jude 1:8Rank 13 from verse 8
    Open

    8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

  14. Nehemiah 9:30Rank 14 from verse 8
    Open

    30Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

  15. 1 Corinthians 2:10Rank 15 from verse 8
    Open

    10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  16. 1 Peter 1:12Rank 16 from verse 8
    Open

    12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

  17. Acts 13:41Rank 17 from verse 8
    Open

    41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

  18. Isaiah 49:7Rank 18 from verse 8
    Open

    7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

  19. Isaiah 53:10Rank 19 from verse 8
    Open

    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

Open a word for its full definition and concordance.

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:1

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

brethren

↗

1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

↗

1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

↗

The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

received

↗

Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

↗

The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

please

↗

Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

abound

↗

To be plentiful, full, or in excess; to increase, overflow, or possess or supply in abundance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

↗

The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

↗

To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

commandments

↗

Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gave

↗

1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

↗

1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

↗

1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

↗

The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

↗

The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

should

↗

A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

fornication

↗

1. Unlawful sexual relations. 2. By figure, unfaithful or illicit relations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:4

COMBINED MEANING

every

↗

Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

should

↗

A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

know

↗

To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vessel

↗

1. A container or utensil made to hold, carry, or serve. 2. A ship or craft for travel upon water. 3. Figuratively, a person or body regarded as a bearer or instrument.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

honour

↗

Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:5

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lust

↗

Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

↗

1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

↗

1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

↗

To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:6

COMBINED MEANING

man

↗

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

defraud

↗

To deprive another wrongfully of what is due, whether by deception, withholding, or taking advantage.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

brother

↗

Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

↗

1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

avenger

↗

One who punishes or repays a wrong; in the law of Moses, the avenger of blood.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forewarned

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of forewarn, meaning to warn or give notice beforehand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

↗

The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

testified

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of testify, meaning to bear witness, declare solemnly, or give evidence of something known.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:7

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

called

↗

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

↗

The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

uncleanness

↗

Sense 1: Bodily or ceremonial impurity, foulness, dirtiness, or filthiness. Sense 2: Moral impurity, defilement by sin, or lewdness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

holiness

↗

The quality or state of being holy: purity, separation from evil, or consecration to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Thessalonians 4:8

COMBINED MEANING

man

↗

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

↗

Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

↗

The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

holy

↗

Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

↗

Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

FOLLOW THE THEME

Related Concepts

Choose a connected KJV word or phrase to find where it appears in scripture.

READ THE PASSAGE

View in context

Suggested context · 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8

The selected passage is highlighted. Context is a study aid.

4:1FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

Selected passage

4:2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

Selected passage

4:3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Selected passage

4:4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Selected passage

4:5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Selected passage

4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Selected passage

4:7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Selected passage

4:8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

Selected passage

LOCAL PASTOR DIRECTORY

Ask a Pastor Near You

Enter a U.S. ZIP code to find nearby pastors committed to holding fast the faithful word.

Your ZIP is processed in this browser from local data. It is not sent to a ZIP lookup service or to a church. ZIP coordinates from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.