Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. New Living Translation For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. English Standard Version For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Berean Standard Bible For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. Berean Literal Bible For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. King James Bible For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. New King James Version for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. New American Standard Bible For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. NASB 1995 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. NASB 1977 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. Legacy Standard Bible For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Amplified Bible For you know what commandments and precepts we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. Christian Standard Bible For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Holman Christian Standard Bible For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus. American Standard Version For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Contemporary English Version Remember the instructions we gave you as followers of the Lord Jesus. English Revised Version For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus. GOD'S WORD® Translation You know what orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Good News Translation For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. International Standard Version You know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Majority Standard Bible For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. NET Bible For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus. New Heart English Bible For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Webster's Bible Translation For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Weymouth New Testament For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. World English Bible For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionfor you have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus; Berean Literal Bible For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Young's Literal Translation for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus, Smith's Literal Translation For ye know what orders we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus. New American Bible For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. New Revised Standard Version For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor you know what commandments we gave you by our LORD Jesus. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For you know those commandments which we gave to you by our Lord Yeshua. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor you know what commandments we gave you by our Lord Jesus. Godbey New Testament For you know what promises we gave unto you through our Lord Jesus. Haweis New Testament For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Mace New Testament for you know the precepts we gave you in the name of the Lord Jesus. Weymouth New Testament For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. Worrell New Testament for ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus. Worsley New Testament For ye know what commandments we gave you from the Lord Jesus. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Living to Please God1Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. 2For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;… Cross References Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. 1 Corinthians 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm. / By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us. 1 Timothy 6:14 Keep this commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Peter 3:2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Romans 13:1-2 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. / Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. Galatians 1:12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. Ephesians 4:20-21 But this is not the way you came to know Christ. / Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus— Philippians 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Colossians 2:6-7 Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him, / rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Treasury of Scripture For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. 1 Corinthians 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. Jump to Previous Authority Charge Charges Commandments Commands Instructions Jesus Laid Mind OrdersJump to Next Authority Charge Charges Commandments Commands Instructions Jesus Laid Mind Orders1 Thessalonians 4 1. He exhorts them to go forward in all manner of godliness;6. to live holily and justly; 9. to love one another; 11. and quietly to follow their own business; 13. and last of all, to sorrow moderately for the dead. 17. followed by a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment. For you know This phrase emphasizes the Thessalonians' awareness and prior knowledge of the teachings they received. The Greek word for "know" is "oida," which implies a deep, intuitive understanding rather than mere intellectual awareness. This suggests that the Thessalonians had internalized the teachings, making them a part of their spiritual and moral framework. Historically, this reflects the close relationship between Paul and the Thessalonian church, indicating that his teachings were not new or foreign to them but rather a continuation of what they had already embraced. the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus By the Lord Jesus.--Not as if the Lord were the person who took the commandments from St. Paul to the Thessalonians, but the person by means of whose inspiration St. Paul was enabled to give such commandments. Verse 2. - For ye know; appealing to their memory in confirmation of what he had said. What commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus; or, through the Lord Jesus; that is, not merely by his authority, but by means of him, so that these commandments did not proceed from Paul, but from the Lord Jesus himself. We have here, and indeed in this chapter throughout, an assertion of the inspiration of the apostle: the commandments which he gave to the Thessalonians were the commandments of the Lord Jesus.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. you know οἴδατε (oidate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate. [the] τίνας (tinas) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. instructions παραγγελίας (parangelias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3852: A command, charge, injunction; a precept, rule of living. From paraggello; a mandate. we gave ἐδώκαμεν (edōkamen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. by the authority of διὰ (dia) Preposition Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Jesus. Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. Links 1 Thessalonians 4:2 NIV1 Thessalonians 4:2 NLT 1 Thessalonians 4:2 ESV 1 Thessalonians 4:2 NASB 1 Thessalonians 4:2 KJV 1 Thessalonians 4:2 BibleApps.com 1 Thessalonians 4:2 Biblia Paralela 1 Thessalonians 4:2 Chinese Bible 1 Thessalonians 4:2 French Bible 1 Thessalonians 4:2 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Thessalonians 4:2 For you know what instructions we gave (1 Thess. 1 Thes. 1Th iTh i Th) |
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