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1 Thessalonians 4- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

October 22
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King James and other versions... [http://bibleabc.net/bible/kjv/1the4-1.htm]
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A Life That Pleases God
4 1Brothers [and sisters], now I have some other things to tell you. We taught
you how to live in a way that will please God. And you are living that way. Now
we ask you and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way more and more. 2You
know the things we told you to do. We told you those things by the authority (power)
of the Lord Jesus. 3God wants you to be holy.* He wants you to stay away from sexual
sins. 4God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body
in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God.* 5Don't use your body for sexual
sin. The people who don't know God use their bodies for that. 6None of you should
do wrong to your brother [in Christ] or cheat him in this way. The Lord will punish
people that do those things. We have already told you and warned you about that.
7God called us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin. 8So the person who
refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not man. And God is the One
who gives you his Holy Spirit.*

9We don't need to write to you about having love for your brothers and sisters in
Christ. God has already taught you to love each other. 10And truly you do love the
brothers [and sisters] in all of Macedonia. Brothers [and sisters], now we encourage
you to love them more and more. 11Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care
of your own business. Do your own work. We have already told you to do these things.
12If you do these things, then people who are not believers will respect the way
you live. And you will not have to depend on other people for what you need.
The Lord's Coming
13Brothers [and sisters], we want you to know about those people who have died.
We don't want you to be sad like other people--people who have no hope. 14We believe
that Jesus died. But we believe that Jesus rose again. So, because of Jesus, God
will bring together with Jesus those people who have died. 15What we tell you now
is the Lord's own message. We who are living now might still be living when the
Lord comes again. We who are living at that time will be with the Lord, but not
before those people who have already died. 16The Lord himself will come down from
heaven. There will be a loud command. That command will be given with the voice
of the archangel* and with the trumpet call of God. And the people who have died
and were in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we people who are still alive
at that time will be gathered up with those people who have died. We will be taken
up in the clouds and meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever.
18So encourage each other with these words.
Footnotes: holy A holy person is pure and belongs only to God. God wants ... honor
to God Or, God wants each of you to learn to live with your wife in a way that is
holy and that gives honor to God. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of
God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, He does
God's work among people in the world. archangel The leader among God's angels.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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