1 Thessalonians 4:1-5 Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further. ² You remember the instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus. ³ It is God's will that you should be consecrated, that you abstain from sexual vice, ⁴ that each of you should learn to take a wife for himself chastely and honourably, ⁵ not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God —