1 THESSALONIANS 4:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you — sexual sin is not private but communal injury (pleonektēs, to take advantage of). The 'avenger' (ekdikos) is Christ himself; divine justice ensures moral order. Prior warning (prolego) and solemnity underscores the gravity.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 4:6
He has well said, “that no man transgress.” To each man God has assigned a wife, he has set bounds to nature, that intercourse with one only: therefore intercourse with another is transgression, and the taking of more than belongs to one, and robbery; or rather it is more cruel than any robbery; for we grieve not so much, when our riches are carried off, as when marriage is invaded. Do you call him brother, and wrongest him, and that in things which are unlawful? Here he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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