Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

1 Thessalonians 4 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles
Live to Please God

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:1 - Finally, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:2 - For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:4 - Then each of you will control his own body[fn] and live in holiness and honor—

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:5 - not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:6 - Never harm or cheat a Christian brother in this matter by violating his wife,[fn] for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:7 - God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:8 - Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:9 - But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other,[fn] for God himself has taught you to love one another.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:10 - Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers[fn] throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:12 - Then people who are not Christians will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.
The Hope of the Resurrection

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died[fn] so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:16 - For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died[fn] will rise from their graves.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:17 - Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:18 - So encourage each other with these words.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Greek brothers; also in 4:10, 13.
Or will know how to take a wife for himself; or will learn to live with his own wife; Greek reads will know how to possess his own vessel.
Greek Never harm or cheat a brother in this matter.
Greek about brotherly love.
Greek the brothers.
Greek those who have fallen asleep; also in 4:14.
Greek those who have fallen asleep.
Greek the dead in Christ.
NLT

Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Full copyright information is provided here. Visit the New Living Translation website.

For more information on this translation, see the NLT Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras