King James Version
1 Thessalonians 4:2 in the King James Version says “For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.” — study this verse from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 4:2 · KJV
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. beseech: or, request exhort: or, beseech
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“what”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“we gave”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
“the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
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