1Furthermore 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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Colossians 1:10, Colossians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Peter 3:18

2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

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Matthew 28:20, Matthew 28:20, Ezekiel 3:17, Ezekiel 3:17, 2 Thessalonians 3:6

3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

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1 Peter 4:2, 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Romans 12:2

4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

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1 Corinthians 7:9, 1 Corinthians 7:9, Romans 12:1, Romans 12:1, Hebrews 13:4

5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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Galatians 4:8, Galatians 4:8, Acts 17:30, Acts 17:31, Acts 17:30

6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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Hebrews 13:4, Hebrews 13:4, Exodus 20:17, Romans 12:19, Exodus 20:17

7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:44, Ephesians 1:4, Ephesians 1:4, 1 Peter 2:9

8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

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1 John 3:24, 1 John 3:24, Luke 10:16, Luke 10:16, 1 Samuel 8:7

9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

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1 John 3:11, 1 John 3:11, Romans 12:10, Romans 12:10, 1 John 3:23

10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

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Philippians 1:9, Philippians 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:3

11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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Ephesians 4:28, Ephesians 4:28, Ecclesiastes 4:6, Ecclesiastes 4:6, 1 Peter 3:4

12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

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Colossians 4:5, Colossians 4:5, 1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:12, Romans 12:17

13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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Daniel 12:2, Daniel 12:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 15:18

14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

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Romans 8:11, Romans 8:11, Isaiah 26:19, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21

15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

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1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 2 Corinthians 4:14

16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

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1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 1:7

17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 11:12, Revelation 11:12, John 14:3

18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:14, Luke 21:28