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1 Thessalonians 4:6

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.

KJV

τὸ μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν καὶ πλεονεκτεῖν ἐν τῷ πράγματι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, διότι ἔκδικος κύριος περὶ πάντων τούτων, καθὼς καὶ προείπαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ διεμαρτυράμεθα.

Greek NT

et ne quis supergrediatur, neque circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum : quoniam vindex est Dominus de his omnibus, sicut prædiximus vobis, et testificati sumus.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before and have testified.

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διαμαρτύρομαι
diamarturomai
verb · 15×
διότι
dioti
conjunction · 25×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πλεονεκτέω
pleonekteo
verb · 5×
προλέγω
prolego
verb · 15×
πρᾶγμα
pragma
noun · 11×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔκδικος
ekdikos
adjective · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπερβαίνω
uperbaino
verb · 1×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: κύριος | WH/Treg/NIV: κύριος | RP: ὁ κύριος
  • κύριοςSBLGNT
  • κύριοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁ κύριοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210203.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Q. What does God forbid in the eighth commandment? A. He forbids not only outright theft and robbery, punishable by law. But in God's sight theft also includes cheating and swindling our neighbor by schemes made to appear legitimate, such as: inaccurate measurements of weight, size, or volume; fraudulent merchandising; counterfeit money; excessive interest; or any other means f…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:7 — Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
  • 1Cor 6:8 — Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
  • 1Cor 6:10 — Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 1Sam 12:3 — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
  • Col 3:25 — But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
  • Deut 24:7 — If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
  • Deut 25:16 — For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Eccl 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher
  • Eph 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Exod 20:15 — Thou shalt not steal.
  • Exod 20:17 — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
  • Ezek 22:13 — Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
  • Ezek 45:9 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Gal 5:21 — Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 27:35 — And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
  • Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
  • Isa 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
  • Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • Jas 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth
  • Jer 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
  • Jer 9:4 — Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
  • Job 31:13 — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  • Judg 15:6 — Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and
  • Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Lev 19:13 — Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
  • Lev 25:14 — And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
  • Lev 25:17 — Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God:for I am the LORD your God.
  • Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Luke 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  • Matt 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but wh
  • Phil 3:18 — (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
  • Prov 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
  • Prov 20:14 — It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.