1 Thessalonians 4:6 BSB

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother - That no man should by any means endeavor to corrupt the wife of another, or to alienate her affections or fidelity from her husband; this I believe to be the apostle’s meaning, though some understand it of covetousness, overreaching, tricking, cheating, and cozenage in general. The Lord is the avenger of all such - He takes up the cause of the injured husband wherever the case has not been detected by man, and all such vices he will signally punish.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ὑπερβαίνειν	huperbainein	to go beyond	G5233 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πλεονεκτεῖν	pleonektein	to overreach	G4122 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
πράγματι	pragmati	matter	G4229 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ἀδελφὸν	adelphon	brother	G80 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of him;	G846 →
διότι	dioti	because	G1360 →
ἔκδικος	ekdikos	avenging [is]	G1558 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
πάντων	pantōn	all	G3956 →
τούτων	toutōn	these things	G3778 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
προείπαμεν	proeipamen	we told before	G4277 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διεμαρτυράμεθα.	diemarturametha	thoroughly warned.	G1263 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 20:17
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.”
leads to
- Romans 13:9
  The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Romans 12:19
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.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:35
  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.”
- Hebrews 10:30
  For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- Proverbs 24:29
  Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- Proverbs 20:22
  Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- Romans 12:17
  Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Through
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
leads to
- Genesis 2:24
  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Proverbs 5:15–23
  Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.