4:1  de cetero ergo fratres rogamus vos      1.  Furthermore then we beseech you,
et obsecramus in Domino Iesu ut              brethren, and exhort you by the Lord
quemadmodum accepistis a nobis quomodo       Jesus, that as ye have received of us
vos oporteat ambulare et placere Deo         how ye ought to walk and to please God,
sicut et ambulatis ut abundetis magis        so ye would abound more and more.

4:2  scitis enim quae praecepta              2.  For ye know what commandments we
dederimus vobis per Dominum Iesum            gave you by the Lord Jesus.

4:3  haec est enim voluntas Dei              3.  For this is the will of God, even
sanctificatio vestra                         your sanctification, that ye should
                                             abstain from fornication:

4:4  ut abstineatis vos a fornicatione       4.  That every one of you should know
ut sciat unusquisque vestrum suum vas        how to possess his vessel in
possidere in sanctificatione et honore       sanctification and honour;

4:5  non in passione desiderii sicut et      5.  Not in the lust of concupiscence,
gentes quae ignorant Deum                    even as the Gentiles which know not God:

4:6  ut ne quis supergrediatur neque         6.  That no man go beyond and defraud
circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum         his brother in any matter: because that
quoniam vindex est Dominus de his            the Lord is the avenger of all such, as
omnibus sicut et praediximus vobis et        we also have forewarned you and
testificati sumus                            testified.

4:7  non enim vocavit nos Deus in            7.  For God hath not called us unto
inmunditia sed in sanctificatione            uncleanness, but unto holiness.

4:8  itaque qui spernit non hominem          8.  He therefore that despiseth,
spernit sed Deum qui etiam dedit             despiseth not man, but God, who hath
Spiritum suum Sanctum in vobis               also given unto us his holy Spirit.

4:9  de caritate autem fraternitatis         9.  But as touching brotherly love ye
non necesse habemus scribere vobis ipsi      need not that I write unto you: for ye
enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis       yourselves are taught of God to love
invicem                                      one another.

4:10  etenim facitis illud in omnes          10.  And indeed ye do it toward all the
fratres in universa Macedonia rogamus        brethren which are in all Macedonia:
autem vos fratres ut abundetis magis         but we beseech you, brethren, that ye
                                             increase more and more;

4:11  et operam detis ut quieti sitis        11.  And that ye study to be quiet, and
et ut vestrum negotium agatis et             to do your own business, and to work
operemini manibus vestris sicut              with your own hands, as we commanded
praecepimus vobis                            you;

4:12  et ut honeste ambuletis ad eos         12.  That ye may walk honestly toward
qui foris sunt et nullius aliquid            them that are without, and that ye may
desideretis                                  have lack of nothing.

4:13  nolumus autem vos ignorare             13.  But I would not have you to be
fratres de dormientibus ut non               ignorant, brethren, concerning them
contristemini sicut et ceteri qui spem       which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
non habent                                   even as others which have no hope.

4:14  si enim credimus quod Iesus            14.  For if we believe that Jesus died
mortuus est et resurrexit ita et Deus        and rose again, even so them also which
eos qui dormierunt per Iesum adducet         sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
cum eo

4:15  hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo        15.  For this we say unto you by the
Domini quia nos qui vivimus qui residui      word of the Lord, that we which are
sumus in adventum Domini non                 alive and remain unto the coming of the
praeveniemus eos qui dormierunt              Lord shall not prevent them which are
                                             asleep.

4:16  quoniam ipse Dominus in iussu et       16.  For the Lord himself shall descend
in voce archangeli et in tuba Dei            from heaven with a shout, with the
descendet de caelo et mortui qui in          voice of the archangel, and with the
Christo sunt resurgent primi                 trump of God: and the dead in Christ
                                             shall rise first:

4:17  deinde nos qui vivimus qui             17.  Then we which are alive and remain
relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in      shall be caught up together with them
nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic         in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
semper cum Domino erimus                     air: and so shall we ever be with the
                                             Lord.

4:18  itaque consolamini invicem in          18.  Wherefore comfort one another with
verbis istis                                 these words.