1 Thessalonians 4 - Compare Translations
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
KJVFurthermore 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.
WEBFinally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
YLTAs to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,
1 Thessalonians 4:2
KJVFor ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
WEBFor you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
YLTfor ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:3
KJVFor this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
WEBFor this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
YLTfor this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom,
1 Thessalonians 4:4
KJVThat every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
WEBthat each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
YLTthat each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,
1 Thessalonians 4:5
KJVNot in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
WEBnot in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God;
YLTnot in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,
1 Thessalonians 4:6
KJVThat 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.
WEBthat no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
YLTthat no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,
1 Thessalonians 4:7
KJVFor God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
WEBFor God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
YLTfor God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;
1 Thessalonians 4:8
KJVHe therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
WEBTherefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
YLThe, therefore, who is despising -- doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.
1 Thessalonians 4:9
KJVBut as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
WEBBut concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
YLTAnd concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of [my] writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,
1 Thessalonians 4:10
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1 Thessalonians 4:11
KJVAnd that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
WEBand that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
YLTand to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
1 Thessalonians 4:12
KJVThat ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
WEBthat you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
YLTthat ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
KJVBut I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
WEBBut we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
YLTAnd I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,
1 Thessalonians 4:14
KJVFor if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
WEBFor if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
YLTfor if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,
1 Thessalonians 4:15
KJVFor this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
WEBFor this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
YLTfor this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living -- who do remain over to the presence of the Lord -- may not precede those asleep,
1 Thessalonians 4:16
KJVFor the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
WEBFor the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
YLTbecause the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,
1 Thessalonians 4:17
KJVThen we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
WEBthen we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
YLTthen we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;
1 Thessalonians 4:18
KJVWherefore comfort one another with these words.
WEBTherefore comfort one another with these words.
YLTso, then, comfort ye one another in these words.
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