And we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those that have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.

for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

For our exhortation was not of error, nor of impurity, nor with deceit,

Therefore let us not sleep as others, but let us watch and be sober.

And may the God of peace himself purify you wholly, and your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

not with inordinate desires like the gentiles who know not God,

pray without ceasing,

Prove all things, hold fast the good;

Rejoice always;

For this is the will of God, your purity, that you should abstain from fornication,

knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,

For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, that receiving the word of God heard from us, you received not a word of men, but, as it is in truth, a word of God, who also works in you that believe.

give thanks on every occasion; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to us.

for indeed when we came to you, we told you before that we were about to suffer affliction, as it also happened, and you know.

that he should not go beyond and defraud his brother in the matter, because the Lord is a punisher of all these, as we also told you before and fully testified.

For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that are drunk drink in the night;

And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do.

but let us who are of day be sober, putting on a cuirass of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation,

But concerning the times and season, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you;

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also will God bring with him those that have fallen asleep on account of Jesus.

so that you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

FINALLY, therefore, brothers, we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as you have received from us how you ought to walk and please God, that you abound still more.

Quench not the Spirit,

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep,

then we the living who remain shall be caught up together with them in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall be always with the Lord.

but as we were judged worthy by God to be intrusted with the gospel so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tries our hearts.

For this reason, being no longer able to forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest in some way the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

For God has not called us to impurity, but to purity.

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him.

For we used at no time a word of flattery, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness, God is witness,

He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who also gives us his Holy Spirit.

for you also do the same to all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound still more,

But now Timothy having come to us from you and told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, as we also you,

neither did we seek glory of men, either of you or of others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ;

so being greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you were dear to us.

and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

See that no one renders evil for evil, but always pursue the good both one to another and to all.

for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

but we were gentle among you, as a nurse would cherish her own children;

therefore we were comforted, brothers, on your account in all our affliction and distress by your faith,

You are witnesses, and God, how piously, and righteously, and blamelessly we were with you that believe,

For you remember, brothers, our labor and weariness; that working night and day not to be burdensome to any one of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

And may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you;

and charged you to walk worthily of God who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

as you know how we exhorted and comforted you, as a father each one of his own children,

desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith?

despise not prophecies.

that you may walk becomingly towards those without and have need of nothing.

For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which were in Judea, for you also suffered the same things from your countrymen, which they did from the Jews

to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men,

forbidding us to speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost.

When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens,

Faithful is he that calls you, who will also perform.

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should come upon you like a thief;

For which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us.

Comfort one another, therefore, with these words.

but having suffered before, and been injuriously treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

But we, brothers, being deprived of you for a short time in presence, not in heart, used greater diligence to see your face, with much desire.

for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.

For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

Brothers, pray for us.

I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brothers.

that each one should know how to have his wife in purity and honor,

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's co-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you in behalf of your faith,

Salute all the brothers with a holy kiss.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

For you are our glory and joy.

that no one should be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed for this;

And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

PAUL and Sylvanus [Silas] and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace.

And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men.

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we charged you,

and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to you,

for they declare of us what introduction we had to you, and how you turned from idols to God, to serve the living and true God,

that our gospel came not to you in word only, but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with full assurance, as you know what we were among you for your sakes.

For you know, brothers, our introduction to you that it was not in vain,

abstain from every form of evil.

We thank God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For from you the word of the Lord was proclaimed not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith with respect to God went into every place, so that we had no need to say any thing;

But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I should write to you; for you are taught by God to love one another;

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God even our Father,