"For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus." — 1 Thessalonians 4:2

1 Thessalonians 4:2 · KJV

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

— 1 Thessalonians 4:2

Furthermore 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. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}

Verse 3

For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

1 Thessalonians 4 — Context

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

For this is the will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

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

Cross References

Matthew 28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, {even} unto the end of the world. Amen.

Ezekiel 3:17

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.