1 Thessalonians 4:1-4

A Life Pleasing to God

¹ Finally, then, brothers, ₁ we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you _d received from us _e how you ought to walk and _f to please God, just as you are doing, that you _g do so more and more. ² For _h you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. ³ For this is the will of God, _i your sanctification: _{2 j} that you abstain from sexual immorality; ⁴ that each one of you know how to control his own _k body ₃ in holiness and _l honor,

1. Cross References
   Philippians 4:9
   What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
   Colossians 2:6
   Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 4:1
   I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
   
3. Cross References
   Colossians 1:10
   So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 3:12
   And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 11:2
   Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 6:19
   I am speaking in human terms, because of your n...
   Romans 6:22
   But now that you have been set free from sin an...
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who...
   2 Thessalonians 2:13
   But we ought always to give thanks to God for y...
   1 Timothy 2:15
   Yet she will be saved through childbearing - if...
   Hebrews 12:14
   Strive for peace with everyone, and for the hol...
   1 Peter 1:2
   According to the foreknowledge of God the Fathe...
   
7. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 6:18
   Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Peter 3:7
   Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
   2 Corinthians 4:7
   But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
   
9. Cross References
   Romans 1:24
   Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.