New Testament · Letters

1 Thessalonians chapter 4

So here’s the deal, — we showed you how to live in a way that , and you’re already doing it. Now we’re urging you in the name of Jesus, the master — keep going further.You already know what we gave you through the authority of the master Jesus.What God wants is your — that you stay far away from .Each of you should learn to with and respect,not driven by the way are.Don’t and of a fellow believer in this area. The master will bring for all of this — we already warned you seriously about that.Because God didn’t us into an life — he invited us into .So anyone who this isn’t rejecting a human authority — they’re rejecting God, the one who gives you his own Breath.Now about — you don’t need me to write to you about that, because to one another.And you’re already doing this for all the brothers and sisters throughout the whole region of . But we’re encouraging you, friends — take it even further.Make it your goal to — mind your own responsibilities and , just like we told you.That way, your daily life will earn the respect of , and you won’t have to .Now, brothers and sisters, we don’t want you to be uninformed about — so you won’t like everyone else who has no .Because if we believe that Jesus died and , then we also believe that God will bring back with Jesus those who have died .We’re telling you this as : those of us who are still alive when the master won’t have any advantage over those who have already died.Because the master himself will come down from heaven with a , with the voice of the , and with the blast of — and those who died trusting in will first.Then we who are still alive will be together with them in the to the master in the air. And from that point on, we will be with the master .So use these words to each other and build each other up.