[a]That everyone of you should know, how to possess his vessel in holiness and honor,

[b]And not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

(A)[c]That no man oppress or defraud his brother in any matter: for the Lord is avenger of all such things, as we also have told you beforetime, and testified.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Another reason, because it defileth the body.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 The third, because the Saints are discerned from them which know not God, by honesty and purity.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Secondly, he reprehendeth all violent oppression and immoderate desire, and showeth most severely as the Prophet of God, that God will revenge such wickedness.

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