1 Thessalonians 4:6 - Exposition

That no man go beyond ; or, transgress. And defraud ; or, as it is in the margin of our Bibles, oppress, or, overreach ; wrong (R.V.). His brother. Not an exhortation against dishonesty, or prohibition against all attempts to overreach in usual mutual intercourse, as the words would at first sight seem to imply, and as some consider it (Hofmann, Lunemann, Riggenbach); but, as is evident from the context, a continuation of the former exhortation, a prohibition against impurity. In any matter ; or, more properly, in the matter, namely, that about which I have been discoursing. "An example of the modest reserve and refined delicacy which characterize the holy apostle's language in speaking of things which the Gentiles did without shame, and thus, by a chaste bashfulness of words, commending the duty of unblemished purity in deeds" (Wordsworth). ‹ › Because the Lord is the Avenger of all such ; either of all such as are thus defrauded or of all such sinful practices. As we also have forewarned you and testified.