1 Thessalonians 4:2

Plea for Purity

1 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus ^athat you should abound more and more, ^bjust as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God;

2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is ^athe will of God, ^byour sanctification: ^cthat you should abstain from sexual immorality;

4 ^athat each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

5 ^anot in passion of lust, ^blike the Gentiles ^cwho do not know God;

Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 4:2

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American Standard Version
For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Amplified® Bible
For you know what charges {and} precepts we gave you [on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.

Contemporary English Version
Remember the instructions we gave you as followers of the Lord Jesus.

Darby English Version
For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Good News Bible
For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

International Standard Version
You know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

New American Standard Bible
For you know what commandments we gave you by {the authority of} the Lord Jesus.

New International Version
For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

New King James Version
for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Young's Literal Translation
for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

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