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Thessalonians 4;1-12
Living
to Please God
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As for other
matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please
God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus
to do this more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave
you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you
should be sanctified; that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that
each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and
honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not
know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take
advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit
such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not
call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone
who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very
God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 Now about your love for one
another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by
God to love each other. 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s
family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so
more and more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet
life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we
told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of
outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.