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1 Thessalonians 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 For God has called us to holiness, not to impurity. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects these instructions[a] rejects not human authority but the God who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
An Honorable Life.[b] 9 In respect to brotherly love, there is no necessity to write to you about that, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 Instructions: this word does not necessarily refer to the sayings of Jesus but rather to guidelines set forth in the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 God pours the Spirit into the hearts of believers and that Spirit guides them in God’s ways. However, other questions remain: certain Christians, awaiting the imminent coming of the Lord, experience a crisis of laziness (see 2 Thes 3:6-12); they must be seriously reminded of the personal and social life, without which love is but a futile word.
