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Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, untoto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. |
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We give thanks to God always for all of you all, making mention of you in our prayers; |
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rememberingconstantly withoutbearing ceasingin mind your work of faith and labor of love and patiencesteadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, beforein the presence of our God and Father;, |
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knowing, brethren beloved ofby God, yourHis election,choice of you; |
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howfor that our gospel camedid not untocome to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and inwith muchfull assuranceconviction; evenjust as yeyou know what mannerkind of men we showedproved ourselvesto towardbe among you for your sake. |
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AndYou yealso became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction,tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit;, |
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so that yeyou became an ensampleexample to all thatthe believebelievers in Macedonia and in Achaia. |
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For fromthe youword hathof soundedthe forthLord thehas wordsounded offorth thefrom Lordyou, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith totoward God wardhas is gone forth;, so that we have no need not to speaksay anything. |
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For they themselves report concerningabout us what mannerkind of enteringa inreception we had untowith you;, and how yeyou turned untoto God from idols, to serve a living and true God, |
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and to wait for hisHis Son from heaven, whom heHe raised from the dead, eventhat is Jesus, who deliverethdelivers us from the wrath to come. |
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For you yourselves know, brethren, knowthat our enteringcoming into unto you, thatwas it hath not beenin found vain:, |
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but havingafter we had already suffered before and been shamefullymistreated treatedin Philippi, as yeyou know, atwe Philippi,had wethe waxedboldness bold in our God to speak untoto you the gospel of God inamid much conflictopposition. |
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For our exhortation isdoes not ofcome from error, noror ofimpurity uncleanness,or norby inway guile:of deceit; |
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but evenjust as we have been approved ofby God to be intrustedentrusted with the gospel, so we speak;, not as pleasing men, but God, who provethexamines our hearts. |
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For neither at any time were we foundnever usingcame wordswith offlattering flatteryspeech, as yeyou know, nor with a cloakpretext offor covetousness,greed God is witness; |
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nor seekingdid we seek glory offrom men, neithereither from you noror from others, wheneven though as apostles of Christ we might have claimedasserted our authority as apostles of Christ. |
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But we wereproved gentleto inbe thegentle midstamong of you, as when a nursenursing cherishethmother tenderly cares for her own children:. |
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evenHaving so,thus beinga affectionatelyfond desirousaffection offor you, we were well pleased to impart untoto you, not only the gospel of God only, but also our own soulslives, because yeyou werehad become very dear to us. |
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For yeyou rememberrecall, brethren, our labor and travail:hardship, how working night and day, thatso weas might not to be a burden to any of you, we preachedproclaimed untoto you the gospel of God. |
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YeYou are witnesses, and so is God also, how holilydevoutly and righteouslyuprightly and unblamablyblamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:believers; |
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just as yeyou know how we dealtwere withexhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you, as a father withwould his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying, |
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toso the end that yeyou shouldmay walk worthilyin a manner worthy of the God, who callethcalls you into hisHis own kingdom and glory. |
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And for this causereason we also constantly thank God without ceasing, that, when yeyou received from us the word of theGods message, evenyou the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, asfor what it really is in truth, the word of God, which also workethperforms its work in you thatwho believe. |
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For yeyou, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God whichin areChrist inJesus Judaeathat are in ChristJudea, Jesus: for yeyou also sufferedendured the same thingssufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did offrom the Jews;, |
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who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. us,They andare please not pleasing to God, andbut arehostile contrary to all men;, |
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forbiddinghindering us tofrom speakspeaking to the Gentiles that they maymight be saved; towith the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. always:But but the wrath ishas come upon them to the uttermostutmost. |
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But we, brethren, beinghaving bereavedbeen bereft of you for a short season,while in presenceperson, not in heart,spirit endeavoredwere all the more exceedinglyeager with great desire to see your face with great desire:. |
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becauseFor we wouldwanted fainto have come untoto you, I, Paul, more than once and again;yet and Satan hinderedthwarted us. |
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For whatwho is our hope, or joy, or crown of gloryingexultation? AreIs it not even yeyou, beforein the presence of our Lord Jesus at hisHis coming? |
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For yeyou are our glory and our joy. |
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WhereforeTherefore when we could endure it no longer forbear, we thought it goodbest to be left behind at Athens alone; |
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and we sent Timothy, our brother and Gods ministerfellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to establishstrengthen you, and toencourage comfort you concerningas to your faith;, |
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so that no man may be moveddisturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that hereunto we arehave appointedbeen destined for this. |
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For verily,indeed when we were with you, we toldkept telling you beforehandin advance that we arewere going to suffer affliction; evenand asso it came to pass, andas yeyou know. |
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For this cause I alsoreason, when I could endure it no longer forbear, I also sent thatto Ifind mightout knowabout your faith, lestfor byfear anythat means the tempter hadmight have tempted you, and our labor should be in vain. |
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But whennow that Timothy camehas evencome nowto unto us from you, and has brought us gladgood tidingsnews of your faith and love, and that yeyou havealways goodthink remembrancekindly of us always, longing to see us, evenjust as we also long to see you;, |
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for this causereason, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith:; |
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for now we really live, if yeyou stand fastfirm in the Lord. |
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For what thanksgivingthanks can we render againto unto God for you, in return for all the joy wherewithwith which we joyrejoice forbefore yourour sakesGod beforeon ouryour God;account, |
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as we night and day keep praying exceedinglymost earnestly that we may see your face, and may perfectcomplete thatwhat which is lacking in your faith? |
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Now may our God and Father himself,Himself and Jesus our Lord Jesus, direct our way untoto you:; |
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and may the Lord makecause you to increase and abound in love for one toward another, and towardfor all men, evenjust as we also do towardfor you; |
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toso thethat endHe he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all hisHis saints. |
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Finally then, brethren, we beseechrequest and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as yeyou received offrom us instruction as to how yeyou ought to walk and to please God, evenjust as yeyou actually do walk,—, that yeyou aboundmay moreexcel andstill more. |
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For yeyou know what chargecommandments we gave you throughby the authority of the Lord Jesus. |
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For this is the will of God, even your sanctification; that is, that yeyou abstain from fornicationsexual immorality; |
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that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, |
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not in thelustful passion of lust, evenlike as the Gentiles who knowdo not know God; |
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and that no man transgress, and wrongdefraud his brother in the matter: because the Lord is anthe avenger in all these things, just as we also wetold forewarned you before and testifiedsolemnly warned you. |
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For God has not called us not for uncleannessthe purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. |
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ThereforeConsequently, he thatwho rejecteth,rejects rejecteththis is not rejecting man, but the God, who givethgives hisHis Holy Spirit untoto you. |
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ButNow concerningas to the love of the brethren, yeyou have no need thatfor oneanyone to write untoto you:, for yeyou yourselves are taught ofby God to love one another; |
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for indeed yeyou do practice it toward all the brethren thatwho are in all Macedonia. But we exhorturge you, brethren, thatto yeexcel aboundstill more and more;, |
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and thatto yemake studyit your ambition to belead a quiet, life and attend to do your own business, and to work with your hands, evenjust as we chargedcommanded you; |
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so that yeyou may walkbehave becominglyproperly toward themoutsiders thatand arenot without,be andin mayany have need of nothing. |
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But we woulddo not havewant you ignorantto be uninformed, brethren, concerningabout themthose thatwho fallare asleep;, that yeyou sorrowmay not grieve, even as do the rest, who have no hope. |
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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so themGod alsowill thatbring arewith Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. |
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For this we say untoto you by the word of the Lord, that we thatwho are alive, thatand areremain leftuntil unto the coming of the Lord, shall innot no wise precede themthose thatwho arehave fallen asleep. |
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For the Lord himselfHimself shallwill descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumptrumpet of God:; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;. |
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thenThen we thatwho are alive, thatand areremain left, shall be caught up together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:, and sothus we shall wealways ever be with the Lord. |
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WhereforeTherefore comfort one another with these words. |
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ButNow concerningas to the times and the seasonsepochs, brethren, yeyou have no need thatof aughtanything to be written untoto you. |
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For you yourselves know perfectlyfull well that the day of the Lord sowill comethcome asjust like a thief in the night. |
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WhenWhile they are saying, Peace and safety,! then sudden destruction comethwill come upon them, assuddenly travaillike birth pangs upon a woman with child; and they shall innot no wise escape. |
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But yeyou, brethren, are not in darkness, that thatthe day should overtake you aslike a thief:; |
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for yeyou are all sons of light, and sons of the day:. weWe are not of the night, nor of darkness; |
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so then let us not sleep, as others do the rest, but let us watchbe alert and be sober. |
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For theythose thatwho sleep sleepdo intheir thesleeping at night;, and theythose thatwho areget drunkendrunk areget drunkendrunk inat the night. |
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But let us, since we are of the day, let us be sober, puttinghaving put on the breastplate of faith and love;, and foras a helmet, the hope of salvation. |
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For God appointedhas not destined us notfor unto wrath, but untofor the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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who died for us, that, whether we wakeare awake or sleepasleep, we shouldmay live together with himHim. |
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WhereforeTherefore exhortencourage one another, and build eachup otherone upanother, evenjust as you also yeare dodoing. |
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But we beseechrequest of you, brethren, tothat knowyou themappreciate thatthose who diligently labor among you, and arehave charge over you in the Lord, and admonishgive you; instruction, |
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and tothat you esteem them exceedingvery highly in love forbecause of their works sakework. BeLive atin peace amongwith yourselvesone another. |
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And we exhorturge you, brethren, admonish the disorderlyunruly, encourage the faint heartedfainthearted, supporthelp the weak, be longsufferingpatient towardwith all men. |
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See that noneno renderone untorepays anyanother onewith evil for evil;, but always followseek after that which is good, for one toward another, and towardfor all men. |
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in everything give thanks:; for this is theGods will offor Godyou in Christ Jesus to you ward. |
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QuenchDo not quench the Spirit; |
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despisedo not prophesyings;despise prophetic utterances. |
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proveBut allexamine thingseverything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; |
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AndNow may the God of peace himselfHimself sanctify you whollyentirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entirecomplete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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Faithful is heHe thatwho callethcalls you, whoand willHe also dowill bring it to pass. |
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SaluteGreet all the brethren with a holy kiss. |
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I adjure you by the Lord thatto have this epistleletter be read untoto all the brethren. |