1 Thessalonians 4

The apostle exhorts them to attend to the directions which he had already given them, that they might know how to walk and please God, 1 Thessalonians 4:1 , 1 Thessalonians 4:2 . Gives them exhortations concerning continence, chastity, and matrimonial fidelity, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 . Speaks concerning their love to each other, and love to the Churches of Christ; and exhorts them to continue and increase in it, 1 Thessalonians 4:9 , 1 Thessalonians 4:10 . Counsels them to observe an inoffensive conduct, to mind their own affairs, to do their own business, and to live honestly, 1 Thessalonians 4:11 , 1 Thessalonians 4:12 . Not to sorrow for the dead, as persons who have no hope of a resurrection; because to Christians the resurrection of Christ is a proof of the resurrection of his followers, 1 Thessalonians 4:13 , 1 Thessalonians 4:14 . Gives a short but awful description of the appearing of Christ to judge the world, 1 Thessalonians 4:15 .