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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Col 1:102 Thess 1:32 Pet 3:18Heb 13:162 Pet 1:5-10Phil 1:91 Thess 4:10-12Rom 12:1-21 Thess 3:12Phil 3:14
2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 28:20Ezek 3:171 Cor 9:212 Thess 3:102 Thess 3:6
3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 4:2Rom 12:21 Thess 5:23Heb 13:4Col 3:5Eph 5:171 Thess 4:4Eph 5:3-5Gal 5:191 John 2:17
4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 7:9Rom 12:11 Cor 6:151 Pet 3:7Heb 13:41 Cor 7:2Rom 6:191 Cor 6:18-20Acts 9:15Phil 4:8
5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gal 4:8Acts 17:30-31Eph 4:17-192 Thess 1:8Col 3:51 Cor 15:341 Pet 4:3Eph 2:12Rom 1:26Rom 1:28
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 13:4Exod 20:17Exod 20:15Rom 12:19Prov 28:24Rom 1:18Deut 32:35Ezek 22:13Gal 5:21Jas 2:6
7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 11:441 Pet 2:9-12Eph 1:41 Pet 1:14-161 Pet 2:21-22Lev 19:2Rom 8:29-302 Pet 2:102 Tim 1:9Gal 5:19
8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 3:24Luke 10:161 Sam 8:7John 12:482 Pet 1:21Prov 1:7Prov 23:9Rom 5:51 Cor 7:401 Sam 10:19
9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 3:11Rom 12:101 John 3:231 John 4:21-5:1Heb 13:1John 13:34-351 Pet 4:81 Thess 5:1Acts 4:321 John 2:10
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; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Phil 1:91 Thess 3:122 Thess 1:31 Thess 1:72 Cor 8:1-22 Cor 8:8-10Phil 3:13-151 Thess 4:12 Pet 3:18Col 1:4
11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eccl 4:6Eph 4:281 Pet 3:4Titus 3:14Prov 17:1Lam 3:261 Tim 2:21 Cor 4:121 Tim 5:13Rom 12:11
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Col 4:51 Pet 2:12Rom 12:171 Tim 3:7Rom 13:131 Pet 3:16-17Mark 4:111 Thess 5:22Titus 2:8-101 Pet 3:1
13But 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 12:21 Thess 4:151 Thess 5:101 Cor 15:18-192 Pet 3:41 Cor 15:6Acts 7:60Eph 2:12Ezek 37:11John 11:11-13
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 8:11Phil 3:20-21Isa 26:192 Cor 4:13-141 Thess 4:131 Thess 3:131 Thess 4:17Rev 1:18Rev 14:13Jude 1:14-15
15For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 15:51-532 Cor 4:141 Thess 2:19
16For 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 15:51-52Rev 1:7Matt 24:30-311 Cor 15:23Matt 16:27Matt 25:312 Thess 1:7Isa 27:132 Thess 2:1Rev 20:5-6
17Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 15:52Rev 11:12John 14:31 Thess 4:15Rev 1:7Rev 7:14-17Dan 7:13John 17:24Acts 1:9John 12:26
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:111 Thess 5:14Luke 21:28Heb 10:24-25Isa 40:1-2Heb 12:12