pleasing

 1 Thessalonians 4 

1 Finally, dear brothers and sisters, 

we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus 

to live in a way that pleases God, 

as we have taught you. 

You live this way already, 

and we encourage you to do so even more. 

2 For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

3 God’s will is for you to be holy, 

so stay away from all sexual sin. 

4 Then each of you will control his own body 

and live in holiness and honor; 

5 not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. 

6 Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter 

by violating his wife, 

for the Lord avenges all such sins, 

as we have solemnly warned you before. 

7 God has called us to live holy lives, 

not impure lives. 

8 Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching 

but is rejecting God, 

who gives his Holy Spirit to you.