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A Conservative Version
not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.
New American Standard Bible
and that no man transgress and
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
This means one must not transgress against and defraud
International Standard Version
Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.
American Standard Version
that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
Amplified
and that [in this matter of sexual misconduct] no man shall transgress and defraud his brother because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we have told you before and solemnly warned you.
An Understandable Version
And none of you should violate and exploit his brother [or sister] in such a matter. For the Lord will punish people for all these things, just as we told you before and warned you.
Anderson New Testament
That no one take advantage of or injure his brother in this matter; because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we also told you before, and fully testified:
Bible in Basic English
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
Common New Testament
and that no man transgress and wrong his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
that no man should be exorbitant, and behave contumeliously to his brother: because the Lord is the avenger of all such crimes, as we have formerly remonstrated to you.
Darby Translation
not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
Godbey New Testament
that one should overreach and defraud his brother in a business transaction: because the Lord is the avenger concerning these things, as we indeed before told you and witnessed to you.
Goodspeed New Testament
No one is to wrong or defraud his brother in this matter, for the Lord avenges all such things, as we told you before, in the most solemn terms.
John Wesley New Testament
That none circumvent or defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have also told you before and testified.
Julia Smith Translation
Not to pass over and have the advantage over his brother in business: because the Lord just for all these, as we told you before and testified.
King James 2000
That no man transgress and wrong his brother in any matter: because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Lexham Expanded Bible
not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.
Modern King James verseion
not to go beyond and defraud his brother in this matter (because the Lord is the avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified).
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that no man go too far and defraud his brother in bargaining, because the Lord is avenger of all such things: as we told you before time, and testified unto you.
Montgomery New Testament
That no man overreach or take advantage of his brother in such matters, because "the Lord takes vengeance" in all these things, as also I repeatedly forewarned you and testified to you.
NET Bible
In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
New Heart English Bible
that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
Noyes New Testament
that no one should go beyond and overreach his brother in the matter; because the Lord is the avenger in respect to all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.
Sawyer New Testament
that he should not go beyond and defraud his brother in the matter, because the Lord is a punisher of all these, as we also told you before and fully testified.
The Emphasized Bible
Not over-reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things, - even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
that no man transgress against, or act dishonestly to his brother in this matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and testified.
Twentieth Century New Testament
None of you over-reaching or taking advantage of his Brother in such matters. 'The Lord takes vengeance' upon all who do such things, as we have already warned you and solemnly declared.
Webster
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Weymouth New Testament
and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.
Williams New Testament
that no one should do wrong and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord takes vengeance for all such things, as we told you before and solemnly warned you.
World English Bible
that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
Worrell New Testament
that he go not beyond and gain an advantage over his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we also told you before, and solemnly testified.
Worsley New Testament
That no one over-reach, or wrong his brother in any thing: because the Lord is an avenger of all such crimes, as we also told you before, and testified to you.
Youngs Literal Translation
that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger is the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,
Themes
Defrauding » Not defrauding others
Despisement » Who despises the lord
Despisement » Those that despise the commandments of the lord
teaching » Who the lord teaches
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Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Thessalonians 4:6
Images 1 Thessalonians 4:6
Prayers for 1 Thessalonians 4:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Appeal For Continuing Sanctification
5 not in passion of lust, as also the Gentiles who have not known God, 6 not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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Cross References
Romans 12:19
not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Exodus 20:15
Thou shall not steal.
Exodus 20:17
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
Leviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, nor shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.
Leviticus 19:13
Thou shall not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Leviticus 25:14
And if thou sell anything to thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong each other.
Leviticus 25:17
And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 24:7
If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him, then that thief shall die. So shall thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
Thou shall not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense at the time when their foot shall slide. For the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with i
Job 31:13-14
If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Psalm 94:1
O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, thou God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
Psalm 140:12
I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.
Proverbs 11:1
A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 16:11
A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 20:14
It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:23
Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Proverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.
Isaiah 1:23-24
Thy rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They judge not the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression, for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
Isaiah 59:4-7
No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 7:6
if ye do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own hurt,
Jeremiah 9:4
Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou have made, and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.
Ezekiel 45:9-14
Thus says lord LORD: Let it suffice you, O rulers of Israel. Remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions from my people, says lord LORD.
Amos 8:5-6
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,
Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Zephaniah 3:5
LORD in the midst of her is righteous. He will not do iniquity. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He does not fail, but the unjust man knows no shame.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f
Mark 10:19
Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely. Thou shall not defraud. Thou shall honor thy father and mother.
Luke 12:5
But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Romans 13:4
For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil.
1 Corinthians 6:7-9
Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
Galatians 5:21
envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 4:28
Let the man who steals steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands the good, so that he may have to give to him who has need.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you by empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in a fire of flame rendering vengeance to those who have not known God, and to those not obeying the good-news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
James 2:6
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?
James 5:4
Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.