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In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him,[a] because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases,[b] as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority[c] but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 tn Grk “not to transgress against or defraud his brother in the matter,” continuing the sentence of vv. 3-5.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 tn Grk “concerning all these things.”
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 tn Grk “rejecting man.”