1 Thessalonians 4:6

1 Thessalonians 4:6

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;

6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord ^ais the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.

7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, ^abut in holiness.

8 ^aTherefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, ^bwho has also given us His Holy Spirit.

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9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for ^ayou yourselves are taught by God ^bto love one another;

10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, ^athat you increase more and more;

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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go beyond—transgress the bounds of rectitude in respect to his "brother."

defraud—"overreach" [ALFORD]; "take advantage of" [EDMUNDS].

in any matter—rather as Greek, "in the matter"; a decorous expression for the matter now in question; the conjugal honor of his neighbor as a husband, I Thessalonians 4:4; I Thessalonians 4:7 also confirms this view; the word "brother" enhances the enormity of the crime. It is your brother whom you wrong (compare Proverbs 6:27-33).

the Lord—the coming Judge (II Thessalonians 1:7-8).

avenger—the Righter.

of all such—Greek, "concerning all these things;" in all such cases of wrongs against a neighbor's conjugal honor.

testified—Greek, "constantly testified [ALFORD].

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