1 Thessalonians 4:6 “and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard,…”

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

World English Bible

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

American Standard Version

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Geneva Bible 1599

That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

Darby Translation

not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

Young's Literal Translation

that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

Bible in Basic English

And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

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Cross references

“go”

Exodus 20:15 Exodus 20:17 Proverbs 28:24 Ezekiel 22:13 Malachi 3:5 James 5:4

Exodus 20:15 · BSB

You shall not steal.

Exodus 20:17 · BSB

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Proverbs 28:24 · BSB

He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Ezekiel 22:13 · BSB

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

“defraud”

James 2:6 Leviticus 25:14 Leviticus 25:17 Jeremiah 7:6 Zephaniah 3:1 Micah 2:2

James 2:6 · BSB

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

Leviticus 25:14 · BSB

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

Leviticus 25:17 · BSB

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Jeremiah 7:6 · BSB

if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Zephaniah 3:1 · BSB

Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

“in any matter”

Romans 12:19 Romans 1:18 Deuteronomy 32:35 Psalm 94:1 Psalm 140:12 Ecclesiastes 5:8

Romans 12:19 · BSB

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 1:18 · BSB

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Deuteronomy 32:35 · BSB

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

Psalm 94:1 · BSB

O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

Psalm 140:12 · BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Ecclesiastes 5:8 · BSB

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

“as we”

Luke 12:5 Galatians 5:21 Ephesians 4:17

Luke 12:5 · BSB

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

Galatians 5:21 · BSB

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Also

Hebrews 13:4 Romans 13:4

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Romans 13:4 · BSB

For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

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