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{\MT The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul
and
Silvanus
and Timotheus
to
the
assembly
of
Thessalonians
in
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:1 }
Elohim}God [the]
Father
and [the]
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Grace
to
you
and
peace.
\VS{2}We
give
thanks
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:2 }
Elohim}God
always
for
you
all,
making
mention
of
you
at
our
prayers,
\VS{3}remembering
unceasingly
your
work
of
faith,
and labour
of
love,
and
enduring constancy
of
hope,
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
before
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:3 }
Elohim}God
and
Father;
\VS{4}knowing,
brethren
beloved
by
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:4 }
Elohim}God,
your
election.
\VS{5}For
our glad tidings
were
not
with
you
in
word
only,
but
also
in
power,
and
in [the]
Holy
Spirit,
and
in
much
assurance;
even
as ye
know
what
we
were
among
you
for
your
sakes:
\VS{6}and
{\BD{ye}}
became
our
imitators,
and
of
the
Lord,
having
accepted
the
word
in
much
tribulation
with
joy
of [the]
Holy
Spirit,
\VS{7}so
that ye
became models
to
all
that
believe
in
Macedonia
and
in
Achaia:
\VS{8}for
the
word
of
the
Lord
sounded
out
from
you,
not
only
in
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
but
in
every
place
your
faith
which [is] towards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:8 }
Elohim}God
has
gone abroad,
so
that
we
have
no
need
to
say
anything;
\VS{9}for
they
themselves relate
concerning
us
what entering
in
we
had
to
you,
and
how ye
turned
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:9 }
Elohim}God
from
idols
to
serve
a
living
and
true
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 1:9 }
Elohim}God,
\VS{10}and
to await
his
Son
from
the
heavens,
whom
he
raised
from
among
the
dead,
Jesus,
our
deliverer
from
the
coming
wrath.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For ye
know
yourselves,
brethren,
our entering
in
which [we
had]
to
you,
that
it
has
not
been
in
vain;
\VS{2}but, having suffered
before
and
been insulted,
even
as ye
know,
in
Philippi,
we
were bold
in
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:2 }
Elohim}God
to
speak unto
you
the glad tidings
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:2 }
Elohim}God
with
much earnest striving.
\VS{3}For
our
exhortation [was]
not
of
deceit,
nor
of
uncleanness,
nor
in guile;
\VS{4}but even
as
we
have
been approved
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:4 }
Elohim}God
to
have
the glad tidings
entrusted
to us,
so
we
speak;
not
as
pleasing
men,
but
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:4 }
Elohim}God,
who proves
our
hearts.
\VS{5}For
we
have
not
at
any
time
been [among
you]
with
flattering discourse,
even
as ye
know,
nor
with
a
pretext
for
covetousness,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:5 }
Elohim}God [is]
witness;
\VS{6}nor
seeking
glory
from
men,
neither
from
you
nor
from
others,
when
we
might
have
been
a charge
as Christ's
apostles;
\VS{7}but
have
been
gentle
in
the
midst
of
you,
as
a nurse
would cherish
her
own
children.
\VS{8}Thus, yearning over
you,
we
had
found
our delight
in having imparted
to
you
not
only
the glad tidings
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:8 }
Elohim}God,
but
our
own
lives
also,
because ye
had
become
beloved
of us.
\VS{9}For ye
remember,
brethren,
our labour
and
toil: working
night
and
day,
not
to
be chargeable
to
any
one
of
you,
we
have
preached
to
you
the glad tidings
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:9 }
Elohim}God.
\VS{10}{\BD{Ye}} [are]
witnesses,
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:10 }
Elohim}God,
how piously
and
righteously
and
blamelessly
we
have conducted ourselves
with
you
that
believe:
\VS{11}as ye
know
how,
as
a
father
his
own
children,
we used
to
exhort
each
one
of
you,
and
comfort
and testify,
\VS{12}that ye
should
walk
worthy
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:12 }
Elohim}God,
who
calls
you
to
his
own
kingdom
and
glory.
\VS{13}And
for
this cause
we
also
give
thanks
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:13 }
Elohim}God
unceasingly
that, having
received [the]
word
of [the]
report
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:13 }
Elohim}God
by
us, ye
accepted,
not men's
word,
but,
even
as
it
is
truly,
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:13 }
Elohim}God's
word,
which
also
works
in
you
who
believe.
\VS{14}For
{\BD{ye}},
brethren,
have
become
imitators
of
the assemblies
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:14 }
Elohim}God
which
are
in Judaea
in
Christ
Jesus;
for
{\BD{ye}}
also
have
suffered
the
same
things
of
your
own
countrymen
as
also
{\BD{
they}}
of
the
Jews,
\VS{15}who
have
both slain
the
Lord
Jesus
and
the
prophets,
and
have driven us out
by persecution,
and
do
not
please
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:15 }
Elohim}God,
and [are]
against
all
men,
\VS{16}forbidding
us
to
speak
to
the
nations
that
they
may
be
saved,
that
they
may
fill
up
their
sins
always:
but
wrath
has
come
upon
them
to
the uttermost.
\VS{17}But
we,
brethren, having
been bereaved
of
you
and separated
for
a little
moment
in
person,
not
in
heart,
have used
more abundant diligence
to
see
your
face
with
much
desire;
\VS{18}wherefore
we
have
desired
to
come
to
you,
even
I
Paul,
both
once
and
twice,
and
Satan
has
hindered us.
\VS{19}For
what [is]
our
hope,
or
joy,
or
crown
of
boasting? [are]
not
{\BD{ye}}
also
before
our
Lord
Jesus
at
his
coming?
\VS{20}for ye
are
our
glory
and
joy.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wherefore, being
no
longer able
to refrain ourselves,
we
thought
good
to
be
left
alone
in
Athens,
\VS{2}and
sent Timotheus,
our
brother
and fellow-workman
under
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:2 }
Elohim}God
in
the glad tidings
of
Christ,
to
confirm
you
and
encourage [you]
concerning
your
faith,
\VS{3}that
no
one might
be moved
by
these
afflictions. (For
yourselves
know
that
we
are
set
for
this;
\VS{4}for
also,
when
we
were
with
you,
we
told
you beforehand
we
are
about
to
be
in tribulation,
even
as
also
it
came
to
pass,
and ye
know.)
\VS{5}For
this
reason
{\BD{
I}}
also,
no
longer able
to
refrain
myself,
sent
to
know
your
faith,
lest perhaps
the
tempter
had
tempted
you
and
our labour
should
be
come
to
nothing.
\VS{6}But Timotheus
having
just
come
to
us
from
you,
and
brought
to
us
the glad tidings
of
your
faith
and
love,
and
that ye
have
always
good
remembrance
of
us, desiring much
to
see
us,
even
as
we
also
you;
\VS{7}for
this
reason
we
have
been
comforted
in
you,
brethren,
in
all
our
distress
and
tribulation,
through
your
faith,
\VS{8}because
now
we
live
if
{\BD{ye}}
stand
firm
in [the]
Lord.
\VS{9}For
what
thanksgiving
can
we
render
to
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }
Elohim}God
for
you,
for
all
the
joy wherewith
we
rejoice
on
account
of
you
before
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }
Elohim}God,
\VS{10}night
and
day beseeching exceedingly
to
the
end
that
we
may
see
your
face,
and
perfect
what
is
lacking
in
your
faith?
\VS{11}But
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:11 }
Elohim}God
and
Father
himself,
and
our
Lord
Jesus,
direct
our
way
to
you.
\VS{12}But
you,
may
the
Lord
make
to exceed
and
abound
in
love
toward
one
another,
and
toward
all,
even
as
we
also towards
you,
\VS{13}in order
to
the confirming
of
your
hearts unblamable
in
holiness
before
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:13 }
Elohim}God
and
Father
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
with
all
his
saints.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the rest,
then,
brethren,
we
beg
you
and
exhort
you
in [the]
Lord
Jesus,
even
as ye
have
received
from
us
how ye
ought
to
walk
and
please
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:1 }
Elohim}God,
even
as ye
also
do
walk,
that ye
would
abound
still
more.
\VS{2}For ye
know
what charges
we
gave
you
through
the
Lord
Jesus.
\VS{3}For
this
is [the]
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:3 }
Elohim}God, [even]
your
sanctification,
that ye
should
abstain
from
fornication;
\VS{4}that
each
of
you
know how
to
possess
his
own
vessel
in
sanctification
and honour,
\VS{5}(not
in passionate
desire,
even
as
the
nations
who
know
not
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:5 }
Elohim}God,)
\VS{6}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.
\VS{7}For
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:7 }
Elohim}God
has
not
called
us
to
uncleanness,
but
in
sanctification.
\VS{8}He
therefore
that [in
this] disregards [his brother], disregards,
not
man,
but
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:8 }
Elohim}God,
who
has
given
also
his
Holy
Spirit
to
you.
\VS{9}Now
concerning
brotherly
love ye
have
no
need
that
we should
write
to
you,
for ye
yourselves
are
taught
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:9 }
Elohim}God
to
love
one
another.
\VS{10}For
also ye
do
this towards
all
the
brethren
in
the
whole
of
Macedonia;
but
we
exhort
you,
brethren,
to
abound
still
more,
\VS{11}and
to seek earnestly
to
be
quiet
and
mind
your
own affairs,
and
work
with
your [own]
hands,
even
as
we charged
you,
\VS{12}that ye
may
walk reputably towards
those
without,
and
may
have
need
of
no
one.
\VS{13}But
we
do
not
wish
you
to
be
ignorant,
brethren,
concerning
them
that
are
fallen
asleep,
to
the end
that ye
be
not
grieved
even
as
also
the
rest
who
have
no
hope.
\VS{14}For
if
we
believe
that
Jesus
has
died
and
has
risen
again,
so
also
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:14 }
Elohim}God
will
bring
with
him
those
who
have
fallen
asleep
through
Jesus.
\VS{15}(For
this
we
say
to
you
in [the]
word
of [the]
Lord,
that
{\BD{
we}},
the
living,
who
remain
to
the
coming
of
the
Lord,
are
in
no
way
to anticipate
those
who
have
fallen
asleep;
\VS{16}for
the
Lord
himself,
with
an assembling
shout,
with archangel's
voice
and
with trump
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 4:16 }
Elohim}God,
shall
descend
from
heaven;
and
the
dead
in
Christ
shall
rise
first;
\VS{17}then
{\BD{
we}},
the
living
who
remain,
shall
be
caught
up
together
with
them
in [the]
clouds,
to
meet
the
Lord
in [the]
air;
and
thus
we
shall
be
always
with [the]
Lord.
\VS{18}So
encourage
one
another
with
these
words.)

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
concerning
the
times
and
the
seasons,
brethren, ye
have
no
need
that ye
should
be
written
to,
\VS{2}for ye
know perfectly
well
yourselves,
that
the
day
of [the]
Lord
so
comes
as
a
thief
by
night.
\VS{3}When
they
may
say,
Peace
and
safety,
then
sudden
destruction
comes upon
them,
as travail upon
her
that
is
with child;
and
they
shall
in
no wise
escape.
\VS{4}But
{\BD{ye}},
brethren,
are
not
in
darkness,
that
the
day
should
overtake
you
as
a
thief:
\VS{5}for
all
{\BD{ye}}
are
sons
of
light
and
sons
of
day;
we
are
not
of
night
nor
of
darkness.
\VS{6}So
then
do
not
let us
sleep
as
the
rest
do,
but
let us
watch
and
be
sober;
\VS{7}for
they that
sleep
sleep
by
night,
and
they that drink drink
by
night;
\VS{8}but
{\BD{
we}}
being
of [the]
day,
let us
be
sober, putting
on [the]
breastplate
of
faith
and
love,
and
as
helmet [the]
hope
of
salvation;
\VS{9}because
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:9 }
Elohim}God
has
not
set
us
for
wrath,
but
for
obtaining
salvation
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
\VS{10}who
has
died
for
us,
that
whether
we
may be
watching
or
sleep,
we
may
live
together
with
him.
\VS{11}Wherefore
encourage
one
another,
and
build
up
each
one
the
other,
even
as
also ye
do.
\VS{12}But
we
beg
you,
brethren,
to
know
those
who labour
among
you,
and take
the lead
among
you
in [the]
Lord,
and
admonish
you,
\VS{13}and
to
regard
them exceedingly
in
love
on
account
of
their
work.
Be
in
peace
among
yourselves.
\VS{14}But
we
exhort
you,
brethren,
admonish
the disorderly,
comfort
the faint-hearted, sustain
the
weak,
be
patient towards
all.
\VS{15}See
that
no
one
render
to
any
evil
for
evil,
but
pursue
always
what
is
good towards
one
another
and towards
all;
\VS{16}rejoice
always;
\VS{17}pray
unceasingly;
\VS{18}in
everything
give
thanks,
for
this
is [the]
will
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:18 }
Elohim}God
in
Christ
Jesus towards
you;
\VS{19}quench
not
the
Spirit;
\VS{20}do
not lightly esteem
prophecies;
\VS{21}but prove
all
things,
hold
fast
the
right;
\VS{22}hold aloof
from
every
form
of wickedness.
\VS{23}Now
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:23 }
Elohim}God
of
peace
himself
sanctify
you wholly:
and
your
whole
spirit,
and
soul,
and
body
be
preserved
blameless
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{24}He [is]
faithful
who
calls
you,
who
will
also
perform [it].
\VS{25}Brethren,
pray
for
us.
\VS{26}Greet
all
the
brethren
with
a
holy
kiss.
\VS{27}I
adjure
you
by
the
Lord
that
the
letter
be
read
to
all
the [holy]
brethren.
\VS{28}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ [be]
with
you.
\par }