1 F urthermore 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.

¶ It is in order then, brethren, that we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that in the manner ye were taught of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would continue to grow.

2 F or ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

For ye already know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

3 F or this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

For the will of God is your sanctification, that ye should separate yourselves from fornication,

4 T hat every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honesty,

5 N ot in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

not with affection of lust, as the Gentiles who do not know God,

6 T hat 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.

that no one oppress and defraud his brother in any matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

7 F or God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

8 H e therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

He therefore that despises us, does not despise man, but God, who has also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

9 B ut as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

¶ But as touching love among the brethren, ye need not that I write unto you, for ye yourselves have learned of God that ye are to show charity to one another.

10 A nd indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia, but we beseech you, brethren, that ye continue to grow

11 A nd that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

and that ye procure to be quiet and to do your business and to work with your hands, as we commanded you,

12 T hat ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

that ye may walk honestly toward those that are without, and that ye may desire nothing from any one.

13 B ut 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.

¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as the others who have no hope.

14 F or if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who sleep in Jesus will God also bring with him.

15 F or 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.

For this, we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.

16 F or 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:

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

17 T hen 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.

then we who 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.

18 W herefore comfort one another with these words.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.