A moment in scripture
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Thessalonians 4:2
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.