/1-1- PAUL
AND SILVANUS
AND TIMOTHEUS
UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS WHICH IS IN GOD THE FATHER AND IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST- GRACE BE UNTO YOU
AND PEACE
FROM GOD OUR FATHER
AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
/1-2- WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU ALL
MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN OUR PRAYERS
/1-3- REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING YOUR WORK OF FAITH
AND LABOUR OF LOVE
AND PATIENCE OF HOPE IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND OUR FATHER
/1-4- KNOWING
BRETHREN BELOVED
YOUR ELECTION OF GOD.
/1-5- FOR OUR GOSPEL CAME NOT UNTO YOU IN WORD ONLY
BUT ALSO IN POWER
AND IN THE HOLY GHOST
AND IN MUCH ASSURANCE AS YE KNOW WHAT MANNER OF MEN WE WERE AMONG YOU FOR YOUR SAKE.
/1-6- AND YE BECAME FOLLOWERS OF US
AND OF THE LORD
HAVING RECEIVED THE WORD IN MUCH AFFLICTION
WITH JOY OF THE HOLY GHOST-
/1-7- SO THAT YE WERE ENSAMPLES TO ALL THAT BELIEVE IN MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA.
/1-8- FOR FROM YOU SOUNDED OUT THE WORD OF THE LORD NOT ONLY IN MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA
BUT ALSO IN EVERY PLACE YOUR FAITH TO GOD-WARD IS SPREAD ABROAD SO THAT WE NEED NOT TO SPEAK ANY THING.
/1-9- FOR THEY THEMSELVES SHEW OF US WHAT MANNER OF ENTERING IN WE HAD UNTO YOU
AND HOW YE TURNED TO GOD FROM IDOLS TO SERVE THE LIVING AND TRUE GOD
/1-10- AND TO WAIT FOR HIS SON FROM HEAVEN
WHOM HE RAISED FROM THE DEAD
EVEN JESUS
WHICH DELIVERED US FROM THE WRATH TO COME.
/2-1- FOR YOURSELVES
BRETHREN
KNOW OUR ENTRANCE IN UNTO YOU
THAT IT WAS NOT IN VAIN-
/2-2- BUT EVEN AFTER THAT WE HAD SUFFERED BEFORE
AND WERE SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED
AS YE KNOW
AT PHILIPPI
WE WERE BOLD IN OUR GOD TO SPEAK UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD WITH MUCH CONTENTION.
/2-3- FOR OUR EXHORTATION WAS NOT OF DECEIT
NOR OF UNCLEANNESS
NOR IN GUILE-
/2-4- BUT AS WE WERE ALLOWED OF GOD TO BE PUT IN TRUST WITH THE GOSPEL
EVEN SO WE SPEAK NOT AS PLEASING MEN
BUT GOD
WHICH TRIETH OUR HEARTS.
/2-5- FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS
AS YE KNOW
NOR A CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS GOD IS WITNESS-
/2-6- NOR OF MEN SOUGHT WE GLORY
NEITHER OF YOU
NOR YET OF OTHERS
WHEN WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURDENSOME
AS THE APOSTLES OF CHRIST.
/2-7- BUT WE WERE GENTLE AMONG YOU
EVEN AS A NURSE CHERISHETH HER CHILDREN-
/2-8- SO BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU
WE WERE WILLING TO HAVE IMPARTED UNTO YOU
NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY
BUT ALSO OUR OWN SOULS
BECAUSE YE WERE DEAR UNTO US.
/2-9- FOR YE REMEMBER
BRETHREN
OUR LABOUR AND TRAVAIL- FOR LABOURING NIGHT AND DAY
BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT BE CHARGEABLE UNTO ANY OF YOU
WE PREACHED UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD.
/2-10- YE ARE WITNESSES
AND GOD ALSO
HOW HOLILY AND JUSTLY AND UNBLAMEABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES AMONG YOU THAT BELIEVE-
/2-11- AS YE KNOW HOW WE EXHORTED AND COMFORTED AND CHARGED EVERY ONE OF YOU
AS A FATHER DOTH HIS CHILDREN
/2-12- THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD
WHO HATH CALLED YOU UNTO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY.
/2-13- FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD WITHOUT CEASING
BECAUSE
WHEN YE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD WHICH YE HEARD OF US
YE RECEIVED IT NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN
BUT AS IT IS IN TRUTH
THE WORD OF GOD
WHICH EFFECTUALLY WORKETH ALSO IN YOU THAT BELIEVE.
/2-14- FOR YE
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BECAME FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH IN JUDAEA ARE IN CHRIST JESUS- FOR YE ALSO HAVE SUFFERED LIKE THINGS OF YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN
EVEN AS THEY HAVE OF THE JEWS-
/2-15- WHO BOTH KILLED THE LORD JESUS
AND THEIR OWN PROPHETS
AND HAVE PERSECUTED US AND THEY PLEASE NOT GOD
AND ARE CONTRARY TO ALL MEN-
/2-16- FORBIDDING US TO SPEAK TO THE GENTILES THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED
TO FILL UP THEIR SINS ALWAY- FOR THE WRATH IS COME UPON THEM TO THE UTTERMOST.
/2-17- BUT WE
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BEING TAKEN FROM YOU FOR A SHORT TIME IN PRESENCE
NOT IN HEART
ENDEAVOURED THE MORE ABUNDANTLY TO SEE YOUR FACE WITH GREAT DESIRE.
/2-18- WHEREFORE WE WOULD HAVE COME UNTO YOU
EVEN I PAUL
ONCE AND AGAIN BUT SATAN HINDERED US.
/2-19- FOR WHAT IS OUR HOPE
OR JOY
OR CROWN OF REJOICING? ARE NOT EVEN YE IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AT HIS COMING?
/2-20- FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY.
/3-1- WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR
WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE
/3-2- AND SENT TIMOTHEUS
OUR BROTHER
AND MINISTER OF GOD
AND OUR FELLOWLABOURER IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
TO ESTABLISH YOU
AND TO COMFORT YOU CONCERNING YOUR FAITH-
/3-3- THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS- FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT WE ARE APPOINTED THEREUNTO.
/3-4- FOR VERILY
WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU
WE TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT WE SHOULD SUFFER TRIBULATION EVEN AS IT CAME TO PASS
AND YE KNOW.
/3-5- FOR THIS CAUSE
WHEN I COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR
I SENT TO KNOW YOUR FAITH
LEST BY SOME MEANS THE TEMPTER HAVE TEMPTED YOU
AND OUR LABOUR BE IN VAIN.
/3-6- BUT NOW WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US
AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND CHARITY
AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS
DESIRING GREATLY TO SEE US
AS WE ALSO TO SEE YOU-
/3-7- THEREFORE
BRETHREN
WE WERE COMFORTED OVER YOU IN ALL OUR AFFLICTION AND DISTRESS BY YOUR FAITH-
/3-8- FOR NOW WE LIVE
IF YE STAND FAST IN THE LORD.
/3-9- FOR WHAT THANKS CAN WE RENDER TO GOD AGAIN FOR YOU
FOR ALL THE JOY WHEREWITH WE JOY FOR YOUR SAKES BEFORE OUR GOD
/3-10- NIGHT AND DAY PRAYING EXCEEDINGLY THAT WE MIGHT SEE YOUR FACE
AND MIGHT PERFECT THAT WHICH IS LACKING IN YOUR FAITH?
/3-11- NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER
AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.
/3-12- AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER
AND TOWARD ALL MEN
EVEN AS WE DO TOWARD YOU-
/3-13- TO THE END HE MAY STABLISH YOUR HEARTS UNBLAMEABLE IN HOLINESS BEFORE GOD
EVEN OUR FATHER
AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS SAINTS.
/4-1- 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.
/4-2- FOR YE KNOW WHAT COMMANDMENTS WE GAVE YOU BY THE LORD JESUS.
/4-3- FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD
EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION
THAT YE SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM FORNICATION-
/4-4- THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND HONOUR
/4-5- NOT IN THE LUST OF CONCUPISCENCE
EVEN AS THE GENTILES WHICH KNOW NOT GOD-
/4-6- 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.
/4-7- FOR GOD HATH NOT CALLED US UNTO UNCLEANNESS
BUT UNTO HOLINESS.
/4-8- HE THEREFORE THAT DESPISETH
DESPISETH NOT MAN
BUT GOD
WHO HATH ALSO GIVEN UNTO US HIS HOLY SPIRIT.
/4-9- BUT AS TOUCHING BROTHERLY LOVE YE NEED NOT THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU- FOR YE YOURSELVES ARE TAUGHT OF GOD TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
/4-10- AND INDEED YE DO IT TOWARD ALL THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE IN ALL MACEDONIA- BUT WE BESEECH YOU
BRETHREN
THAT YE INCREASE MORE AND MORE
/4-11- AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET
AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS
AND TO WORK WITH YOUR OWN HANDS
AS WE COMMANDED YOU
/4-12- THAT YE MAY WALK HONESTLY TOWARD THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT
AND THAT YE MAY HAVE LACK OF NOTHING.
/4-13- BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT
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CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP
THAT YE SORROW NOT
EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE.
/4-14- FOR IF WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN
EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM.
/4-15- FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD
THAT WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL NOT PREVENT THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP.
/4-16- FOR THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT
WITH THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL
AND WITH THE TRUMP OF GOD- AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST-
/4-17- THEN WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS
TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR- AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD.
/4-18- WHEREFORE COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS.
/5-1- BUT OF THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS
BRETHREN
YE HAVE NO NEED THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU.
/5-2- FOR YOURSELVES KNOW PERFECTLY THAT THE DAY OF THE LORD SO COMETH AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
/5-3- FOR WHEN THEY SHALL SAY
PEACE AND SAFETY THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION COMETH UPON THEM
AS TRAVAIL UPON A WOMAN WITH CHILD AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE.
/5-4- BUT YE
BRETHREN
ARE NOT IN DARKNESS
THAT THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.
/5-5- YE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT
AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DAY- WE ARE NOT OF THE NIGHT
NOR OF DARKNESS.
/5-6- THEREFORE LET US NOT SLEEP
AS DO OTHERS BUT LET US WATCH AND BE SOBER.
/5-7- FOR THEY THAT SLEEP SLEEP IN THE NIGHT AND THEY THAT BE DRUNKEN ARE DRUNKEN IN THE NIGHT.
/5-8- BUT LET US
WHO ARE OF THE DAY
BE SOBER
PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE OF FAITH AND LOVE AND FOR AN HELMET
THE HOPE OF SALVATION.
/5-9- FOR GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH
BUT TO OBTAIN SALVATION BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
/5-10- WHO DIED FOR US
THAT
WHETHER WE WAKE OR SLEEP
WE SHOULD LIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM.
/5-11- WHEREFORE COMFORT YOURSELVES TOGETHER
AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER
EVEN AS ALSO YE DO.
/5-12- AND WE BESEECH YOU
BRETHREN
TO KNOW THEM WHICH LABOUR AMONG YOU
AND ARE OVER YOU IN THE LORD
AND ADMONISH YOU
/5-13- AND TO ESTEEM THEM VERY HIGHLY IN LOVE FOR THEIR WORK'S SAKE. AND BE AT PEACE AMONG YOURSELVES.
/5-14- NOW WE EXHORT YOU
BRETHREN
WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY
COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED
SUPPORT THE WEAK
BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN.
/5-15- SEE THAT NONE RENDER EVIL FOR EVIL UNTO ANY MAN BUT EVER FOLLOW THAT WHICH IS GOOD
BOTH AMONG YOURSELVES
AND TO ALL MEN.
/5-16- REJOICE EVERMORE.
/5-17- PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.
/5-18- IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS- FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU.
/5-19- QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT.
/5-20- DESPISE NOT PROPHESYINGS.
/5-21- PROVE ALL THINGS HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD.
/5-22- ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL.
/5-23- AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU WHOLLY AND I PRAY GOD YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
/5-24- FAITHFUL IS HE THAT CALLETH YOU
WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.
/5-25- BRETHREN
PRAY FOR US.
/5-26- GREET ALL THE BRETHREN WITH AN HOLY KISS.
/5-27- I CHARGE YOU BY THE LORD THAT THIS EPISTLE BE READ UNTO ALL THE HOLY BRETHREN.
/5-28- THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU. AMEN.
