Geneva Bible Notes (1560): 1 Thessalonians 4

^{1 a} And as it were, ouer come your selues.

^{1 !} He exhorteth them to holiness.

^{2 b} The greke worde signified suche commandements as one receiueth from some man to giue them in his name to others.

^{3 c} That is, that you shoulde dedicate yourselues wholy vnto God.

^{4 d} That is, his bodie which is prophaned by suche filthines.

^{6 !} Innocencie.

^{8 e} By these precepts of godlie life it appeareth what were the commandements which Paul gaue vnto them.

^{9 !} Loue

^{11 !} Labour

^{11 f} And not be idle.

^{12 g} As strangers and infideles.

^{12 h} But that ye may be able by your diligence to supplie your want and necessitie.

^{13 !} And moderation in lamenting for the dead

^{13 i} He doeth not condemne all kinde of sorrow, but that which procedeth of infidelitie.

^{14 k} Or, haue continued constantly in the faith of Christ.

^{14 l} By raising their bodies out of the graue.

^{15 m} Which is in the Name of the Lord, and as he shulde speake him self.

^{17 n} Meaning them which shal be founde a liue.

^{17 o} In this sudden taking vp there shalbe a kinde of mutation of the qualities of our bodies which shalbe as a kinde of death.

^{17 !} Describing the end of the resurrection.