1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Thessalonians 4

1 He exhorteth them to go on forward in all manner of godliness, 6 to live holily and justly, 9 to love one another, 11 and quietly to follow their own business: 13 and last of all to sorrow moderately for the dead. 15 And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment.

 4:1 Finally 3062 then 3767, brethren 80, we request 2065 and exhort 3870 you in the Lord 2962 Jesus 2424, that as you received 3880 from us [instruction] as to how 4459 you ought 1163 to walk 4043 and please 700 God 2316 (just 2531a as you actually 2532 do walk 4043), that you excel 4052 still 3123 more 3123.

 4:2 For you know 3609a what 5101 commandments 3852 we gave 1325 you by [the authority of] the Lord 2962 Jesus 2424.

 4:3 For this 3778 is the will 2307 of God 2316, your sanctification 38; [that is], that you abstain 568 from sexual 4202 immorality 4202;

 4:4 that each 1538 of you know 3609a how 3609a to possess 2932 his own 1438 vessel 4632 in sanctification 38 and honor 5092,

 4:5 not in lustful 1939 passion 3806, like 2509 the Gentiles 1484 who do not know 3609a God 2316;

 4:6 [and] that no 3361 man transgress 5233 and defraud 4122 his brother 80 in the matter 4229 because 1360 the Lord 2962 is [the] avenger 1558 in all 3956 these 3778 things 3778, just 2531a as we also 2532 told 4275b you before 4275b and solemnly 1263 warned 1263 [you].

 4:7 For God 2316 has not called 2564 us for the purpose of impurity 167, but in sanctification 38.

 4:8 So 5105, he who rejects 114 [this] is not rejecting 114 man 444 but the God 2316 who gives 1325 His Holy 40 Spirit 4151 to you.

 4:9 ¶ Now 1161 as to the love 5360 of the brethren 5360, you have 2192 no 3756 need 5532 for [anyone] to write 1125 to you, for you yourselves 846 are taught 2312 by God 2312 to love 25 one 240 another 240;

 4:10 for indeed 2532 you do practice 4160 it toward 1519 all 3956 the brethren 80 who 3588 are in all 3650 Macedonia 3109. But we urge 3870 you, brethren 80, to excel 4052 still 3123 more 3123,

 4:11 and to make 5389 it your ambition 5389 to lead 2270 a quiet 2270 life 2270 and attend 4238 to your own 2398 business and work 2038b with your hands 5495, just 2531a as we commanded 3853 you,

 4:12 so 2443 that you will behave 4043 properly 2156 toward 4314 outsiders 3588 1854 and not be in any 3367 need 5532.

 4:13 ¶ But we do not want 2309 you to be uninformed 50, brethren 80, about 4012 those 3588 who are asleep 2837, so 2443 that you will not grieve 3076 as do the rest 3062 who have 2192 no 3361 hope 1680.

 4:14 For if 1487 we believe 4100 that Jesus 2424 died 599 and rose 450 again 450, even 2532 so 3779 God 2316 will bring 71 with Him those 3588 who have fallen 2837 asleep 2837 in Jesus 2424.

 4:15 For this 3778 we say 3004 to you by the word 3056 of the Lord 2962, that we who are alive 2198 and remain 4035 until 1519 the coming 3952 of the Lord 2962, will not precede 5348 those 3588 who have fallen 2837 asleep 2837.

 4:16 For the Lord 2962 Himself 846 will descend 2597 from heaven 3772 with a shout 2752, with the voice 5456 of [the] archangel 743 and with the trumpet 4536 of God 2316, and the dead 3498 in Christ 5547 will rise 450 first 4413.

 4:17 Then 1899 we who are alive 2198 and remain 4035 will be caught 726 up together 260 with them in the clouds 3507 to meet 529 the Lord 2962 in the air 109, and so 3779 we shall always 3842 be with the Lord 2962.

 4:18 Therefore 5620 comfort 3870 one 240 another 240 with these 3778 words 3056.