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1 Thessalonians 4:6

In 1 Thessalonians 4 of 1 Thessalonians.

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Lord here.

τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēThat noμήadverb — “That no”G3361not, lest.That noὑπερβαίνεινhuperbaineinto man go beyondὑπερβαίνω (huperbainō)verb, present active infinitive — “to man go beyond”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5233I transgress; I go beyond, overreach, defraud.This verse uses “go beyond”.man go beyondκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπλεονεκτεῖνpleonekteinto defraudπλεονεκτέω (pleonekteō)verb, present active infinitive — “to defraud”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4122I take advantage of, overreach, defraud.defraudἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.πράγματιpragmatiany matterπρᾶγμα (pragma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “any matter”, the to- or for-formG4229a thing done, a deed, action; a matter, an affair.any matterτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.διότιdiotibecauseδιότιconjunction — “because”G1360on this account, because, for.This verse uses “because”.becauseἔκδικοςekdikosis the avengerἔκδικοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “is the avenger”, the subject formG1558avenging, subst: an avenger (the word occurs frequently in the sense of a special advocate [champion] of a city).is the avengerκύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.περὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofπάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allτούτωνtoutōnsuchοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “such”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.suchκαθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asκαὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoπροείπαμενproeipamenforewarnπρολέγω (prolégō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “forewarn”, a single actionG4302I tell (say) beforehand, forewarn, declare, tell plainly.Strong’s files this form under G4277 (προέπω, say/predict).have forewarnedὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδιεμαρτυράμεθαdiemarturamethatestifiedδιαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person plural — “testified”, a single actionG1263I give solemn evidence, testify (declare) solemnly.testified

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

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American Standard Version (1901)

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Young’s Literal Translation

that no one go beyond and defraud in the matter his brother, because an avenger [is] the Lord of all these, as also we spake before to you and testified,

World English Bible

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Darby Translation

not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.

Douay-Rheims

And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.

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