1 Thessalonians 4:6-14
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6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
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11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.