1 Thessalonians 4:2-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

³ For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;

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

⁵ Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:

⁶ And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.

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

⁸ Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.

⁹ But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.