Dual Panel1Furthermore <3063> then <3767> we beseech <2065> (5719) you <5209>_, brethren <80>_, and <2532> exhort <3870> (5719) [you] by <1722> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>_, that as <2531> ye have received <3880> (5627) of <3844> us <2257> how <4459> ye <5209> ought <1163> (5748) to walk <4043> (5721) and <2532> to please <700> (5721) God <2316>_, [so] <2443> ye would abound <4052> (5725) more and more <3123>_. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}
2For <1063> ye know <1492> (5758) what <5101> commandments <3852> we gave <1325> (5656) you <5213> by <1223> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>_.
3For <1063> this <5124> is <2076> (5748) the will <2307> of God <2316>_, [even] your <5216> sanctification <38>_, that ye <5209> should abstain <567> (5733) from <575> fornication <4202>_:
4That every one <1538> of you <5216> should know <1492> (5760) how to possess <2932> (5738) his <1438> vessel <4632> in <1722> sanctification <38> and <2532> honour <5092>_;
5Not <3361> in <1722> the lust <3806> of concupiscence <1939>_, even <2532> as <2509> the Gentiles <1484> which <3588> know <1492> (5761) not <3361> God <2316>_:
6That no <3361> [man] go beyond <5233> (5721) and <2532> defraud <4122> (5721) his <846> brother <80> in <1722> [any] matter <4229>_: because <1360> that the Lord <2962> [is] the avenger <1558> of <4012> all <3956> such <5130>_, as <2531> we <4277> (0) also <2532> have forewarned <4277> (5656) you <5213> and <2532> testified <1263> (5662)_. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}
7For <1063> God <2316> hath <2564> (0) not <3756> called <2564> (5656) us <2248> unto <1909> uncleanness <167>_, but <235> unto <1722> holiness <38>_.
8He therefore <5105> that despiseth <114> (5723)_, despiseth <114> (5719) not <3756> man <444>_, but <235> God <2316>_, who hath <1325> (0) also <2532> given <1325> (5631) unto <1519> us <2248> his <846> holy <40> Spirit <4151>_. {despiseth: or, rejecteth}
9But <1161> as touching <4012> brotherly love <5360> ye need <2192> (5719) <5532> not <3756> that I write <1125> (5721) unto you <5213>_: for <1063> ye <5210> yourselves <846> are <2075> (5748) taught of God <2312> to <1519> love <25> (5721) one another <240>_.
10And <2532> indeed <1063> ye do <4160> (5719) it <846> toward <1519> all <3956> the brethren <80> which <3588> are in <1722> all <3650> Macedonia <3109>_: but <1161> we beseech <3870> (5719) you <5209>_, brethren <80>_, that ye increase <4052> (5721) more and more <3123>_;
11And <2532> that ye study <5389> (5738) to be quiet <2270> (5721)_, and <2532> to do <4238> (5721) your own business <2398>_, and <2532> to work with <2038> (5738) your <5216> own <2398> hands <5495>_, as <2531> we commanded <3853> (5656) you <5213>_;
12That <2443> ye may walk <4043> (5725) honestly <2156> toward <4314> them that are without <1854>_, and <2532> [that] ye may have <2192> (5725) lack <5532> of nothing <3367>_. {of...: or, of no man}
13But <1161> I would <2309> (0) not <3756> have <2309> (5719) you <5209> to be ignorant <50> (5721)_, brethren <80>_, concerning <4012> them which are asleep <2837> (5772)_, that <3363> (0) ye sorrow <3076> (5747) not <3363>_, even <2532> as <2531> others <3062> which <3588> have <2192> (5723) no <3361> hope <1680>_.
14For <1063> if <1487> we believe <4100> (5719) that <3754> Jesus <2424> died <599> (5627) and <2532> rose again <450> (5627)_, even so <3779> them also <2532> which sleep <2837> (5685) in <1223> Jesus <2424> will <71> (0) God <2316> bring <71> (5692) with <4862> him <846>_.
15For <1063> this <5124> we say <3004> (5719) unto you <5213> by <1722> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>_, that <3754> we <2249> which <3588> are alive <2198> (5723) [and] remain <4035> (5742) unto <1519> the coming <3952> of the Lord <2962> shall <5348> (0) not <3364> prevent <5348> (5661) them which <3588> are asleep <2837> (5685)_. {prevent: or, come before, or, anticipate, or, precede}
16For <3754> the Lord <2962> himself <846> shall descend <2597> (5695) from <575> heaven <3772> with <1722> a shout <2752>_, with <1722> the voice <5456> of the archangel <743>_, and <2532> with <1722> the trump <4536> of God <2316>_: and <2532> the dead <3498> in <1722> Christ <5547> shall rise <450> (5698) first <4412>_:
17Then <1899> we <2249> which <3588> are alive <2198> (5723) [and] remain <4035> (5742) shall be caught up <726> (5691) together <260> with <4862> them <846> in <1722> the clouds <3507>_, to <1519> meet <529> the Lord <2962> in <1519> the air <109>_: and <2532> so <3779> shall we <2071> (0) ever <3842> be <2071> (5704) with <4862> the Lord <2962>_.
18Wherefore <5620> comfort <3870> (5720) one another <240> with <1722> these <5125> words <3056>_. {comfort: or, exhort}