1 THESSALONIANS 4:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.”
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus — the authority of the paraenesis is christological; the commands come 'through the Lord Jesus' (dia kyriou Iēsou). The instructions (paraggelia) are not arbitrary preferences but constitutive of gospel obedience. The Thessalonians 'know' them already; Paul rehearses for emphasis and application.
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