<vn='1'><sn="3063">Furthermore</s><sn="3767">then</s> we <sn="2065">beseech</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3870">exhort</s> you <sn="1722">by</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, that <sn="2531">as</s> ye have <sn="3880">received</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="2257">us</s><sn="4459">how</s><sn="5209">ye</s><sn="1163">ought</s> to <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="700">please</s><sn="2316">God</s>, so ye <sn="*2443">would</s><sn="4052">abound</s> more and <sn="3123">more</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1063">For</s> ye <sn="1492">know</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="3852">commandments</s> we <sn="1325">gave</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="2307">will</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, even <sn="5216">your</s><sn="38">sanctification</s>, that <sn="5209">ye</s> should <sn="567">abstain</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="4202">fornication</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>That every <sn="1538">one</s> of <sn="5216">you</s> should <sn="1492">know</s> how to <sn="2932">possess</s><sn="1438">his</s><sn="4632">vessel</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="38">sanctification</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="5092">honor</s>; </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3361">Not</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3806">lust</s> of <sn="1939">concupiscence</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="2509">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1484">Gentiles</s> which <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="2316">God</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>That <sn="3361">no</s> man go <sn="5233">beyond</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4122">defraud</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="1722">in</s> any <sn="4229">matter</s>: because <sn="1360">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> is the <sn="1558">avenger</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="5130">such</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> we <sn="2532">also</s> have <sn="4277">forewarned</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1263">testified</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He therefore that <sn="114 5105">despiseth</s>, <sn="114">despiseth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="444">man</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2316">God</s>, who hath also <sn="1325 2532">given</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">But</s> as <sn="4012">touching</s> brotherly <sn="5360">love</s> ye <sn="2192 5532">need</s><sn="3756">not</s> that I <sn="1125">write</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="846">yourselves</s><sn="2075">are</s> taught of <sn="2312">God</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">And</s><sn="2532">indeed</s> ye <sn="4160">do</s><sn="846">it</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s><sn="3588">which</s> are <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="3109">Macedonia</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> we <sn="3870">beseech</s><sn="5209">you</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, that ye <sn="4052">increase</s> more and <sn="3123">more</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> that ye <sn="5389">study</s> to be <sn="2270">quiet</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to do your own <sn="4238 2398">business</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to <sn="2038">work</s> with <sn="5216">your</s><sn="2398">own</s><sn="5495">hands</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> we <sn="3853">commanded</s><sn="5213">you</s>; </v>
<vn='12'><sn="2443">That</s> ye may <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="2156">honestly</s><sn="4314">toward</s> them that are <sn="1854">without</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> that ye may <sn="2192">have</s><sn="5532">lack</s> of <sn="3367">nothing</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="2309">would</s><sn="3756">not</s> have <sn="5209">you</s> to be <sn="50">ignorant</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="4012">concerning</s> them which are <sn="2837">asleep</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> ye <sn="3076">sorrow</s><sn="3361">not</s>, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="3062">others</s> which <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3361">no</s><sn="1680">hope</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1487">if</s> we <sn="4100">believe</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="599">died</s><sn="2532">and</s> rose <sn="450">again</s>, even <sn="3779">so</s> them also which <sn="2837 2532">sleep</s><sn="1223">in</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> will <sn="2316">God</s><sn="71">bring</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5124">this</s> we <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s><sn="1722">by</s> the <sn="3056">word</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="2249">we</s> which are <sn="2198">alive</s> and <sn="4035">remain</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3952">coming</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> shall <sn="3364">not</s><sn="5348">prevent</s> them which are <sn="2837">asleep</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="846">himself</s> shall <sn="2597">descend</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s><sn="1722">with</s> a <sn="2752">shout</s>, <sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="5456">voice</s> of the <sn="743">archangel</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="4536">trump</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3498">dead</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> shall <sn="450">rise</s><sn="4412">first</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1899">Then</s><sn="2249">we</s> which are <sn="2198">alive</s> and <sn="4035">remain</s> shall be caught <sn="726">up</s><sn="260">together</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="3507">clouds</s> to <sn="1519 529">meet</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="1519">in</s> the <sn="109">air</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3779">so</s> shall we <sn="3842">ever</s><sn="2071">be</s><sn="4862">with</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="5620">Wherefore</s><sn="3870">comfort</s> one <sn="240">another</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="5125">these</s><sn="3056">words</s>. </v>