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1. Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, --that ye abound more and more.
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1. Furthermore G3063 then G3767 we beseech G2065 you G5209 , brethren G80 , and G2532 exhort G3870 you by G1722 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 , that as G2531 ye have received G3880 of G3844 us G2257 how G4459 ye G5209 ought G1163 to walk G4043 and G2532 to please G700 God G2316 , so ye would G2443 abound G4052 more and more G3123 .
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2. For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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2. For G1063 ye know G1492 what G5101 commandments G3852 we gave G1325 you G5213 by G1223 the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 .
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3. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
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3. For G1063 this G5124 is G2076 the will G2307 of God G2316 , even your G5216 sanctification G38 , that ye G5209 should abstain G567 from G575 fornication G4202 :
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4. that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
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4. That every one G1538 of you G5216 should know G1492 how to possess G2932 his G1438 vessel G4632 in G1722 sanctification G38 and G2532 honor G5092 ;
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5. not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;
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5. Not G3361 in G1722 the lust G3806 of concupiscence G1939 , even G2532 as G2509 the G3588 Gentiles G1484 which know G1492 not G3361 God G2316 :
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6. that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
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6. That no G3361 man go beyond G5233 and G2532 defraud G4122 his G848 brother G80 in G1722 any matter G4229 : because that G1360 the G3588 Lord G2962 is the avenger G1558 of G4012 all G3956 such G5130 , as G2531 we also G2532 have forewarned G4277 you G5213 and G2532 testified G1263 .
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7. For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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7. For G1063 God G2316 hath not G3756 called G2564 us G2248 unto G1909 uncleanness G167 , but G235 unto G1722 holiness G38 .
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8. Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
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8. He therefore that despiseth G114 G5105 , despiseth G114 not G3756 man G444 , but G235 God G2316 , who hath also given G1325 G2532 unto G1519 us G2248 his G848 Holy G40 Spirit G4151 .
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9. But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
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9. But G1161 as touching G4012 brotherly love G5360 ye need G2192 G5532 not G3756 that I write G1125 unto you G5213 : for G1063 ye G5210 yourselves G846 are G2075 taught of God G2312 to G1519 love G25 one another G240 .
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10. for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
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10. And G1063 indeed G2532 ye do G4160 it G846 toward G1519 all G3956 the G3588 brethren G80 which G3588 are in G1722 all G3650 Macedonia G3109 : but G1161 we beseech G3870 you G5209 , brethren G80 , that ye increase G4052 more and more G3123 ;
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11. and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
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11. And G2532 that ye study G5389 to be quiet G2270 , and G2532 to do your own business G4238 G2398 , and G2532 to work G2038 with your G5216 own G2398 hands G5495 , as G2531 we commanded G3853 you G5213 ;
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12. that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.
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12. That G2443 ye may walk G4043 honestly G2156 toward G4314 them that are without G1854 , and G2532 that ye may have G2192 lack G5532 of nothing G3367 .
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13. But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.
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13. But G1161 I would G2309 not G3756 have you G5209 to be ignorant G50 , brethren G80 , concerning G4012 them which are asleep G2837 , that G2443 ye sorrow G3076 not G3361 , even G2532 as G2531 others G3062 which have G2192 no G3361 hope G1680 .
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14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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14. For G1063 if G1487 we believe G4100 that G3754 Jesus G2424 died G599 and G2532 rose again G450 , even so G3779 them also which sleep G2837 G2532 in G1223 Jesus G2424 will God G2316 bring G71 with G4862 him G846 .
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15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep.
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15. For G1063 this G5124 we say G3004 unto you G5213 by G1722 the word G3056 of the Lord G2962 , that G3754 we G2249 which are alive G2198 and remain G4035 unto G1519 the G3588 coming G3952 of the G3588 Lord G2962 shall not G3364 prevent G5348 them which are asleep G2837 .
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16. For 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;
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16. For G3754 the G3588 Lord G2962 himself G846 shall descend G2597 from G575 heaven G3772 with G1722 a shout G2752 , with G1722 the voice G5456 of the archangel G743 , and G2532 with G1722 the trump G4536 of God G2316 : and G2532 the G3588 dead G3498 in G1722 Christ G5547 shall rise G450 first G4412 :
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17. then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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17. Then G1899 we G2249 which are alive G2198 and remain G4035 shall be caught up G726 together G260 with G4862 them G846 in G1722 the clouds G3507 to meet G1519 G529 the G3588 Lord G2962 in G1519 the air G109 : and G2532 so G3779 shall we ever G3842 be G2071 with G4862 the Lord G2962 .
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18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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18. Wherefore G5620 comfort G3870 one another G240 with G1722 these G5125 words G3056 .
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