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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
and
Silvanus,
and
Timothy,
unto
the
church
of
the
Thessalonians
in
God
the
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
Grace
to
you
and
peace.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{2}We
give
thanks
to
God
always
for
you
all,
making
mention
{\ADD{
of
you}}
in
our
prayers;
\VS{3}remembering
without
ceasing
your
work
of
faith
and
labor
of
love
and
patience
of
hope
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
before
our
God
and
Father;
\VS{4}knowing,
brethren
beloved
of
God,
your
election,
\VS{5}how
that
our
gospel
came
not
unto
you
in
word
only,
but
also
in
power,
and
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
{\ADD{
in}}
much
assurance;
even
as
ye
know
what
manner
of
men
we
showed
ourselves
toward
you
for
your
sake.
\VS{6}And
ye
became
imitators
of
us,
and
of
the
Lord,
having
received
the
word
in
much
affliction,
with
joy
of
the
Holy
Spirit;
\VS{7}so
that
ye
became
an
ensample
to
all
that
believe
in
Macedonia
and
in Achaia.
\VS{8}For
from
you
hath
sounded
forth
the
word
of
the
Lord,
not
only
in
Macedonia
and Achaia,
but
in
every
place
your
faith
to
God-ward
is
gone
forth;
so
that
we
need
not
to
speak
anything.
\VS{9}For
they
themselves
report
concerning
us
what
manner
of
entering
in
we
had
unto
you;
and
how
ye
turned
unto
God
from
idols,
to
serve
a
living
and
true
God,
\VS{10}and
to
wait
for
his
Son
from
heaven,
whom
he
raised
from
the
dead,
{\ADD{
even}}
Jesus,
who
delivereth
us
from
the
wrath
to
come.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
yourselves,
brethren,
know
our
entering
in
unto
you,
that
it
hath
not
been
found
vain:
\VS{2}but
having
suffered
before
and
been
shamefully
treated,
as
ye
know,
at
Philippi,
we
waxed
bold
in
our
God
to
speak
unto
you
the
gospel
of
God
in
much
conflict.
\VS{3}For
our
exhortation
{\ADD{
is}}
not
of
error,
nor
of
uncleanness,
nor
in
guile:
\VS{4}but
even
as
we
have
been
approved
of
God
to
be intrusted
with
the
gospel,
so
we
speak;
not
as
pleasing
men,
but
God
who
proveth
our
hearts.
\VS{5}For
neither
at
any
time
were
we
found
using
words
of
flattery,
as
ye
know,
nor
a
cloak
of
covetousness,
God
is
witness;
\VS{6}nor
seeking
glory
of
men,
neither
from
you
nor
from
others,
when
we
might
have
claimed
authority
as apostles
of
Christ.
\VS{7}But
we
were
gentle
in
the
midst
of
you,
as
when
a
nurse
cherisheth
her
own
children:
\VS{8}even
so,
being affectionately
desirous
of
you,
we
were
well
pleased
to
impart
unto
you,
not
the
gospel
of
God
only,
but
also
our
own
souls,
because
ye
were
become
very
dear
to
us.
\VS{9}For
ye
remember,
brethren,
our
labor
and
travail:
working
night
and
day,
that
we
might
not
burden
any
of
you,
we
preached
unto
you
the
gospel
of
God.
\VS{10}Ye
are
witnesses,
and
God
{\ADD{
also}},
how
holily
and
righteously
and unblamably
we
behaved
ourselves
toward
you
that
believe:
\VS{11}as
ye
know
how
we
{\ADD{
dealt
with}}
each
one
of
you,
as
a
father
with
his
own
children,
exhorting
you,
and
encouraging
{\ADD{
you}},
and testifying,
\VS{12}to
the
end
that
ye
should
walk
worthily
of
God,
who
calleth
you
into
his
own
kingdom
and
glory.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}And
for
this
cause
we
also
thank
God
without
ceasing,
that,
when
ye
received
from
us
the
word
of
the
message,
{\ADD{
even
the
word}}
of
God,
ye
accepted
{\ADD{
it}}
not
{\ADD{
as}}
the
word
of
men,
but,
as
it
is
in
truth,
the
word
of
God,
which
also
worketh
in
you
that
believe.
\VS{14}For
ye,
brethren,
became
imitators
of
the
churches
of
God
which
are
in
Judæa
in
Christ
Jesus:
for
ye
also
suffered
the
same
things
of
your
own
countrymen,
even
as
they
did
of
the
Jews;
\VS{15}who
both
killed
the
Lord
Jesus
and
the
prophets,
and
drove
out
us,
and
please
not
God,
and
are
contrary
to
all
men;
\VS{16}forbidding
us
to
speak
to
the
Gentiles
that
they
may
be
saved;
to
fill
up
their
sins
always:
but
the
wrath
is
come
upon
them
to
the
uttermost.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}But
we,
brethren,
being
bereaved
of
you
for
a
short
season,
in
presence
not
in
heart, endeavored
the
more
exceedingly
to
see
your
face
with
great
desire:
\VS{18}because
we
would
fain
have
come
unto
you,
I
Paul
once
and
again;
and
Satan
hindered
us.
\VS{19}For
what
is
our
hope,
or
joy,
or
crown
of
glorying?
Are
not
even
ye,
before
our
Lord
Jesus
at
his
coming?
\VS{20}For
ye
are
our
glory
and
our
joy.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wherefore
when
we
could
no
longer
forbear,
we
thought
it
good
to
be
left
behind
at Athens
alone;
\VS{2}and
sent
Timothy,
our
brother
and
God’s
minister
in
the
gospel
of
Christ,
to
establish
you,
and
to
comfort
{\ADD{
you}}
concerning
your
faith;
\VS{3}that
no
man
be
moved
by
these
afflictions;
for
yourselves
know
that hereunto
we
are
appointed.
\VS{4}For
verily,
when
we
were
with
you,
we
told
you
beforehand
that
we
are
to
suffer
affliction;
even
as
it
came
to
pass,
and
ye
know.
\VS{5}For
this
cause
I
also,
when
I
could
no
longer
forbear,
sent
that
I
might
know
your
faith,
lest
by
any
means
the
tempter
had
tempted
you,
and
our
labor
should
be
in
vain.
\VS{6}But
when
Timothy
came
even
now
unto
us
from
you,
and
brought
us
glad
tidings
of
your
faith
and
love,
and
that
ye
have
good
remembrance
of
us
always,
longing
to
see
us,
even
as
we
also
{\ADD{
to
see}}
you;
\VS{7}for
this
cause,
brethren,
we
were
comforted
over
you
in
all
our
distress
and
affliction
through
your
faith:
\VS{8}for
now
we
live,
if
ye
stand
fast
in
the
Lord.
\VS{9}For
what
thanksgiving
can
we
render
again
unto
God
for
you,
for
all
the
joy
wherewith
we
joy
for
your
sakes
before
our
God;
\VS{10}night
and
day
praying
exceedingly
that
we
may
see
your
face,
and
may
perfect
that
which
is
lacking
in
your
faith?
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Now
may
our
God
and
Father
himself,
and
our
Lord
Jesus,
direct
our
way
unto
you:
\VS{12}and
the
Lord
make
you
to
increase
and
abound
in
love
one
toward
another,
and
toward
all
men,
even
as
we
also
{\ADD{
do}}
toward
you;
\VS{13}to
the
end
he
may
establish
your
hearts unblamable
in
holiness
before
our
God
and
Father,
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
with
all
his
saints.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Finally
then,
brethren,
we
beseech
and
exhort
you
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that,
as
ye
received
of
us
how
ye
ought
to
walk
and
to
please
God,
even
as
ye
do
walk,—that
ye
abound
more
and
more.
\VS{2}For
ye
know
what
charge
we
gave
you
through
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{3}For
this
is
the
will
of
God,
{\ADD{
even}}
your sanctification,
that
ye
abstain
from
fornication;
\VS{4}that
each
one
of
you
know
how
to
possess
himself
of
his
own
vessel
in sanctification
and
honor,
\VS{5}not
in
the
passion
of
lust,
even
as
the
Gentiles
who
know
not
God;
\VS{6}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.
\VS{7}For
God
called
us
not
for
uncleanness,
but
in sanctification.
\VS{8}Therefore
he
that rejecteth, rejecteth
not
man,
but
God,
who
giveth
his
Holy
Spirit
unto
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
concerning
love
of
the
brethren
ye
have
no
need
that
one
write
unto
you:
for
ye
yourselves
are
taught
of
God
to
love
one
another;
\VS{10}for
indeed
ye
do
it
toward
all
the
brethren
that
are
in
all
Macedonia.
But
we
exhort
you,
brethren,
that
ye
abound
more
and
more;
\VS{11}and
that
ye
study
to
be
quiet,
and
to
do
your
own
business,
and
to
work
with
your
hands,
even
as
we
charged
you;
\VS{12}that
ye
may
walk becomingly
toward
them
that
are
without,
and
may
have
need
of
nothing.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
we
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brethren,
concerning
them
that
fall
asleep;
that
ye
sorrow
not,
even
as
the
rest,
who
have
no
hope.
\VS{14}For
if
we
believe
that
Jesus
died
and
rose
again,
even
so
them
also
that
are
fallen
asleep
in
Jesus
will
God
bring
with
him.
\VS{15}For
this
we
say
unto
you
by
the
word
of
the
Lord,
that
we
that
are
alive,
that
are
left
unto
the
coming
of
the
Lord,
shall
in
no
wise
precede
them
that
are
fallen
asleep.
\VS{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;
\VS{17}then
we
that
are
alive,
that
are
left,
shall
together
with
them
be
caught
up
in
the
clouds,
to
meet
the
Lord
in
the
air:
and
so
shall
we
ever
be
with
the
Lord.
\VS{18}Wherefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
concerning
the
times
and
the
seasons,
brethren,
ye
have
no
need
that aught
be
written
unto
you.
\VS{2}For
yourselves
know
perfectly
that
the
day
of
the
Lord
so
cometh
as
a
thief
in
the
night.
\VS{3}When
they
are
saying,
Peace
and
safety,
then
sudden
destruction
cometh
upon
them,
as
travail
upon
a
woman
with
child;
and
they
shall
in
no
wise
escape.
\VS{4}But
ye,
brethren,
are
not
in
darkness,
that
that
day
should
overtake
you
as
a
thief:
\VS{5}for
ye
are
all
sons
of
light,
and
sons
of
the
day:
we
are
not
of
the
night,
nor
of
darkness;
\VS{6}so
then
let
us
not
sleep,
as
do
the
rest,
but
let
us
watch
and
be
sober.
\VS{7}For
they
that
sleep
sleep
in
the
night;
and
they
that
are
drunken
are
drunken
in
the
night.
\VS{8}But
let
us,
since
we
are
of
the
day,
be
sober,
putting
on
the
breastplate
of
faith
and
love;
and
for
a
helmet,
the
hope
of
salvation.
\VS{9}For
God
appointed
us
not
unto
wrath,
but
unto
the
obtaining
of
salvation
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{10}who
died
for
us,
that,
whether
we
wake
or
sleep,
we
should
live
together
with
him.
\VS{11}Wherefore
exhort
one
another,
and
build
each
other
up,
even
as
also
ye
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}But
we
beseech
you,
brethren,
to
know
them
that
labor
among
you,
and
are
over
you
in
the
Lord,
and
admonish
you;
\VS{13}and
to
esteem
them
exceeding
highly
in
love
for
their
work’s
sake.
Be
at
peace
among
yourselves.
\VS{14}And
we
exhort
you,
brethren,
admonish
the disorderly,
encourage
the
fainthearted,
support
the
weak,
be
longsuffering
toward
all.
\VS{15}See
that
none
render
unto
any
one
evil
for
evil;
but
always
follow
after
that
which
is
good,
one
toward
another,
and
toward
all.
\VS{16}Rejoice
always;
\VS{17}pray
without
ceasing;
\VS{18}in
everything
give
thanks:
for
this
is
the
will
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus
to you-ward.
\VS{19}Quench
not
the
Spirit;
\VS{20}despise
not
prophesyings;
\VS{21}prove
all
things;
hold
fast
that
which
is
good;
\VS{22}abstain
from
every
form
of
evil.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}And
the
God
of
peace
himself
sanctify
you
wholly;
and
may
your
spirit
and
soul
and
body
be
preserved
entire,
without
blame
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{24}Faithful
is
he
that
calleth
you,
who
will
also
do
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Brethren,
pray
for
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Salute
all
the
brethren
with
a
holy
kiss.
\VS{27}I
adjure
you
by
the
Lord
that
this
epistle
be
read
unto
all
the
brethren.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
\par }