1 Thessalonians 3:12–4:10

¹²And the Lord ^dmake you to increase and abound ^ein love ^fone toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: ¹³To the end he may ^gstablish your hearts ^hunblameable in holiness before God, ^beven our Father, ⁱat the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ^kwith all his saints.

4^aFurthermore then we ^||bbeseech you, brethren, and ^||cexhort you by the Lord Jesus, that ^das ye have received of us ^ehow ye ought to walk and ^fto please God, so ye would ^gabound more and more. ²For ye know ^dwhat commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. ³For this is ^hthe will of God, even your ⁱsanctification, ^kthat ye should abstain from fornication: ⁴That every one of you should know how ^lto possess ^mhis vessel in ⁱsanctification and ⁿhonour; ⁵Not in ^othe lust of ^oconcupiscence, even ^pas the Gentiles ^qwhich know not God: ⁶That no man go beyond and ^||defraud ^rhis brother ^||in any matter: because that the Lord ^sis the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and ^ttestified. ⁷For God ^uhath not called us unto ^wuncleanness, but ^xunto ⁱholiness. ^8yHe therefore that ^||despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, ^zwho hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁹But as touching ^abrotherly love ^bye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves ^bbare taught of God ^cto love one another. ¹⁰And indeed ^dye do it toward all the brethren which are in all ^eMacedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye ^fincrease more and more;