| 4.1
Loipo;n ou\n, ajdelfoiv, ejrwtw'men uJma'" kai; parakalou'men ejn kurivw/
jIhsou', i[na kaqw;" parelavbete par j hJmw'n to; pw'" dei' uJma'" peripatei'n
kai; ajrevskein qew'/, kaqw;" kai; peripatei'te, i[na perisseuvhte ma'llon.
4.2 oi[date ga;r tivna" paraggeliva" ejdwvkamen uJmi'n dia; tou' kurivou
jIhsou'. 4.3 tou'to gavr ejstin qevlhma tou' qeou', oJ aJgiasmo;" uJmw'n,
ajpevcesqai uJma'" ajpo; th'" porneiva", 4.4 eijdevnai e[kaston uJmw'n
to; eJautou' skeu'o" kta'sqai ejn aJgiasmw'/ kai; timh'/, 4.5 mh; ejn pavqei
ejpiqumiva" kaqavper kai; ta; e[qnh ta; mh; eijdovta to;n qeovn, 4.6 to;
mh; uJperbaivnein kai;pleonektei'n ejn tw'/ pravgmati to;n ajdelfo;n aujtou',
diovti e[kdiko" kuvrio" peri; pavntwn touvtwn, kaqw;" kai; proeivpamen
uJmi'n kai; diemarturavmeqa. 4.7 ouj ga;r ejkavlesen hJma'" oJ qeo;"
ejpi; ajkaqarsiva/ ajll j ejn aJgiasmw'/. 4.8 toigarou'n oJ ajqetw'n oujk
a[nqrwpon ajqetei' ajlla; to;n qeo;n to;n kai; didovnta to; pneu'ma aujtou'
to; a[gion eij" uJma'".
4.9 Peri; de; th'" filadelfiva" ouj creivan e[cete gravfein uJmi'n, aujtoi; ga;r uJmei'" qeodivdaktoiv ejste eij" to; ajgapa'n ajllhvlou", 4.10 kai; ga;r poiei'te aujto; eij" pavnta" tou;" ajdelfou;" tou;" ejn o[lh/ th'/ Makedoniva/. parakalou'men de; uJma'", ajdelfoiv, perisseuvein ma'llon 4.11 kai; filotimei'sqai hJsucavzein kai; pravssein ta; i[dia kai; ejrgavzesqai tai'" ijdivai" cersi;n uJmw'n, kaqw;" uJmi'n parhggeivlamen, 4.12 i[na peripath'te eujschmovnw" pro;" tou;" e[xw kai; mhdeno;" creivan e[chte. |
4:1 Finally, brothers and sisters [Gk
brothers], we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from
us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing),
you should do so more and more. 4:2 For you know what instructions we gave
you through the Lord Jesus. 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:
that you abstain from fornication; 4:4 that each one of you know how to
control your own body [Or how to take a wife for himself] in holiness and
honor, 4:5 not with lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know
God; 4:6 that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister [Gk brother]
in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just
as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 4:7 For
God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 4:8 Therefore whoever
rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy
Spirit to you.
4:9 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters [Gk brothers], you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; 4:10 and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters [Gk brothers] throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, beloved [Gk brothers], to do so more and more, 4:11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you, 4:12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one. |