1 Thessalonians 4:2

Simplified Cowboy Version

Y'all know everything we taught was straight from the Lord. Do it our way and you'll be doing it God's way.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

King James Version (1611)
For yee know what commandements wee gaue you, by the Lord Iesus.

King James Version
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

English Standard Version
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

New American Standard Bible
For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

New Century Version
You know what we told you to do by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Legacy Standard Bible
For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Berean Standard Bible
For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Contemporary English Version
Remember the instructions we gave you as followers of the Lord Jesus.

Complete Jewish Bible
For you know what instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Yeshua.

Darby Translation
For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Easy-to-Read Version
You know all that we told you to do by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye knowe what commaundements we gaue you by the Lord Iesus.

George Lamsa Translation
For you know what commandments we gave you by our LORD Jesus.

Good News Translation
For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Lexham English Bible
For you know what commands we gave to you through the Lord Jesus.

Literal Translation
For you know what injunctions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Amplified Bible
For you know what commandments and precepts we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

American Standard Version
For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Bible in Basic English
Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Hebrew Names Version
For you know what charge we gave you through the Lord Yeshua.

International Standard Version
You know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Etheridge Translation
For you know those precepts we gave to you in our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

Murdock Translation
For ye know what command we gave you in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus.

English Revised Version
For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

World English Bible
For you know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

Weymouth's New Testament
For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye witen what comaundementis Y haue youun to you bi the Lord Jhesu.

Update Bible Version
For you know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Webster's Bible Translation
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

New English Translation
For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

New King James Version
for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

New Living Translation
For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

New Life Bible
The Lord Jesus gave us the right and the power to tell you what to do.

New Revised Standard
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For ye know what charges we gave you, through the Lord Jesus.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

Revised Standard Version
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Ye remember what commaundmetes we gave you in oure lorde Iesu Christ.

Young's Literal Translation
for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for you know the precepts we gave you in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Contextual Overview

¹ As for some other things, we've taught y'all the fundamentals of how to ride for the Lord. But don't be satisfied with a little progress. Continue to grow and ride further every day. ²Y'all know everything we taught was straight from the Lord. Do it our way and you'll be doing it God's way. ³God wants for y'all to be top hands. He wants you to be holy. They are one and the same. You can't do that if you're working for the Lord during the day and visiting the whorehouse at night. ⁴A top hand controls his body and his desires. Be honorable and admirable in all that you do and at all times. ⁵Don't be like those wannabe cowboys who run around with their tongue hanging out so far in lust they could accidentally zip it up in their britches. I don't care what they say, these wannabe "cowboys" don't know God and sure don't ride for the brand. ⁶Only a wannabe cowboy would take advantage of someone and sell a lame horse. And I know you understand I ain't talking about trading horses. I'm talking about right living. Make no mistake, God is going to give out what they got coming. Take that as a warning. Don't learn this lesson the hard way when it's too late. ⁷God did not invite us in to talk big, but to ride hard. ⁸Anyone who scoffs at what I'm saying isn't rejecting me, but God himself. And it is the God who gives us all we need to accomplish his goals through the Holy Ghost.

Bible Verse Review
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Ezekiel 3:17, Matthew 28:20, 1 Corinthians 9:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:16 - make Leviticus 10:11 - General Leviticus 22:31 - General Deuteronomy 4:5 - General Deuteronomy 8:1 - General Deuteronomy 11:32 - General Deuteronomy 13:4 - walk Deuteronomy 17:12 - the priest Deuteronomy 27:1 - Keep all 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou 2 Chronicles 30:12 - the commandment Ezra 7:6 - the law Job 22:22 - receive Psalms 119:1 - walk Psalms 143:10 - Teach Ezekiel 33:7 - thou shalt Matthew 11:1 - commanding Matthew 11:29 - my 1 Corinthians 1:10 - by the 1 Corinthians 11:2 - keep 1 Corinthians 11:23 - I have Ephesians 4:1 - walk Ephesians 4:17 - in the Colossians 3:17 - in the 1 Thessalonians 2:3 - General 1 Thessalonians 4:1 - by the 2 Thessalonians 3:4 - that 1 Timothy 6:3 - the words 1 Peter 2:21 - even 2 Peter 2:21 - holy 1 John 2:3 - if we

Cross-References

Luke 11:51
Yep, this generation will certainly pay the fiddler.

John 8:44
No, the reason you don't understand me is because your real father is the devil. He wants to kill me and so do y'all. He was a murderer in the beginning, and his bastard children act just like him. He has always despised the truth because he couldn't handle it. He lies because it's who he is. He is the father of lies.

1 John 3:10
This is the truth about those who ride for God and those who ride for the Devil. Those who do not do what is right or love others do not ride for God.

1 John 3:12
Don't be like Cain, who rode for the devil and killed his own brother, Abel. Why did Cain kill his own brother? Because Cain did wrong things and Abel did right things.

1 John 3:15
Haters don't have life in them. They are murderers and murderers don't live forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For ye know what commandments we gave you,.... When among them; such as those of faith and love, the ordinances of the Gospel, baptism, and the Lord's supper, and all such as relate to the worship and service of God, to the discipline of Christ's house, to their behaviour one towards another, and their conduct in the world: and which were delivered to them, not as from themselves, and by their own authority, but

by the Lord Jesus; in his name, and by his authority, and as ordered by him; for their commission ran to teach men all things, whatsoever Christ commanded: now since they knew what these commandments were, and whose they were, and the obligation they lay under to regard them, the apostle makes use of it as a reason or argument to engage them to obedience to them; for he that knows his Lord's will, and does it not, shall be beaten with many stripes, Luke 12:47.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye know what commandments - It was but a short time since Paul was with them, and they could not but recollect the rules of living which he had laid down.

By the Lord Jesus - By the authority of the Lord Jesus. Some of those rules, or commandments, the apostle refers to, probably, in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Thessalonians 4:2. Ye know what commandments we gave you — This refers to his instructions while he was among them; and to instructions on particular subjects, which he does not recapitulate, but only hints at.