Reference: Thessalonians, The Epistles to the
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FIRST EPISTLE. Authenticity. Ignatius, ad Polycarp 1, Ephesians 10, says "pray without ceasing" (1Th 5:17); so Polycarp, and Philippians 4. This epistle is in the Muratorian Canon, that of Marcion, and Laodicea, A.D. 364. Irenaeus (adv. Haer. 5:6, section 1) quotes 1Th 5:23; Clement of Alexandria (Paed. 1:88) quotes 1Th 2:7; Tertullian (de Resurr. Carnis 24) quotes 1Th 1:9-10; 5:1; Caius in Eusebius (Ecclesiastes Hist.) vi. 20, Origen (contra Celsus 3), also confirm it. Tertullian quotes this epistle 20 times.
AIM. After imprisonment and scourging at Philippi, Paul (1Th 2:2) passed on to Thessalonica. (See THESSALONICA.) With Silas (Ac 16:3; 17:1-9,14) and Timotheus he founded the church there (1Th 1:1; 3:1-6; 2Th 1:1). The Jews rejected the gospel when preached for three successive sabbaths; a few however "believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas, and of the devout (i.e. proselytes to Judaism) Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few." Amidst trials (1Th 1:6; 2:13) from their own countrymen and from the Jews (1Th 2:14-16) the converts "received the word with joy of the Holy Spirit."
His stay at Thessalonica was probably longer than the three weeks recorded in Ac 17:2, for some time is implied in his labouring there for support (1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8), in his receiving supplies there more than once from Philippi (Php 4:16), in his receiving many converts from the Gentiles (1Th 1:9, and, according to the Alexandrinus manuscript of Ac 17:4, though not the Sinaiticus and Vaticanus manuscripts, "of the devout (and) of the Greeks a great multitude"), and in his appointing ministers. He probably (compare Ac 13:46; 18:6-7; 19:8-9) preached first to the Jews; then, when they rejected the message, to the Gentiles. Thenceforth he held the church assemblies in the house of Jason (Ac 17:5), his "kinsman" (Ro 16:21). His tender love and gentleness, like that of "a nurse cherishing children," disinterestedness, devotion even unto death, and zeal for individual souls, beautifully appear in 1Th 1:5; 2:1-11.
He laboured here with his own hands to further the gospel by giving an example to the idle. Contributions from Philippi also helped him at, Thessalonica (Php 4:15-16). Christ's coming and kingdom were his chief topic (1Th 1:10; 2:12,19; 3:13; 4:13-18; 5:1-11,23-24), that the Thessalonians should walk worthy of it (1Th 4:1). It is an undesigned coincidence confirming the authenticity of the history and of the epistles that the very charge which Jason's assailants brought against the brethren was "these do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus" (Ac 17:5-9). So in Jesus' own case they perverted His doctrine of His coming kingdom into a charge of treason against Caesar. So also the doctrine of the resurrection is prominent both in Luke's history (Ac 17:3) and in Paul's independent epistle (1Th 1:10; 4:14-16).
Paul and Silas had to flee by night to Berea; but the church and ministers had been constituted, and the Thessalonians became missionaries virtually themselves (for which the city's commerce gave facilities) both by word and by example, the report of which had reached Macedonia where Paul had been, and Achaia where he now was, at Corinth (1Th 1:7-8). From Berea Paul, after having planted a Scripture-loving church. was obliged to flee by the Thessalonian Jews who followed him there Timothy (who apparently came to Berea separately from Paul and Silas; compare Ac 17:10 with Ac 17:14) and Silas remained there still, when Paul proceeded by sea to Athens. While at Athens Paul longed to visit the Thessalonians again, and see their spiritual state, and "perfect that which was lacking in their faith" (1Th 3:10); but "Satan (through the instrumentality of the Thessalonian Jews probably, Joh 13:27) hindered" him (1Th 2:18; Ac 17:13).
He therefore sent Timothy, who followed him apparently to Athens from Berea (Ac 17:15), and immediately on his arrival at Athens to Thessalonica (1Th 3:1). Much as he would have desired Timothy's help against his Athenian opponents, he determined to forego it for the sake of the Thessalonian church. Silas does not appear to have come to Paul at Athens at all, though Paul had desired him and Timothy to "come to him with all speed" (Ac 17:15), but with Timothy (who from Thessalonica called for him at Berea) joined Paul at Corinth first (Ac 18:1,5; "when Silas and Timothy were come from Macedonia".) The epistle mentions Timothy at Athens (1Th 3:12), but not Silas. Timothy "brought good tidings of the Thessalonian church's faith and love, and good remembrance of Paul, and desire to see him" as he desired to see them (1Th 3:6-10). Their defect was the exclusive dwelling of some on Christ's kingdom to such a degree as to neglect present duties (1Th 4:11-12).
Some who had lost relatives by death doubted whether they who died before Christ's coming would share with those found alive, in His kingdom then to be revealed. Some had been quarrelsome and revengeful (1Th 5:13,15); others had even relapsed into pagan lusts, fornication, and adultery (1Th 4:3-10). Some were insubordinate toward ministers, and slighted the manifestations of the Spirit in those possessing His gifts as "prophesyings" (1Th 5:12-13,19-20). To correct these defects, to praise their graces, and to testify his love, is Paul's aim in this epistle. The place of writing was Corinth, where Timothy, with Silas, rejoined Paul (Ac 18:5).
THE TIME OF WRITING. Soon after Timothy's arrival with tidings of their state (1Th 2:17; 3:6), in the autumn A.D. 52. Paul wrote in the winter of that year, or else early in A.D. 53 at the beginning of his stay of one year and a half at Corinth (Ac 18:11). (Timothy had been sent probably from Athens to inquire: 1Th 3:1-2). For it was written not long after the conversion of the Thessalonians (1Th 1:8-9), while Paul could speak of himself as only "taken from them for a short season" (1Th 2:17). Hence, it was first in date of all Paul's extant epistles. Paul, Silas, and Timothy, the three founders of the Thessalonion church, stand at its head in the inscription. "We" is written everywhere except in 1Th 2:18; 3:5; 5:27; "we" is the true reading in 1Th 4:13. The KJV "I" in 1Th 4:9; 5:1-23, is not in the original.
STYLE. Calm, practical, and uncontroversial, because he takes for granted the doctrinal truths, which were not yet controverted. Simple, less intense, and less marked by sudden turns of thought.
GROUPING OF PAUL'S EPISTLES. Impassioned argument and vehement feeling were reserved for subsequent epistles, which had to deal with fundamental errors of doctrine, as Judaizing legalism. The second group of epistles, Corinthians, Romans, and Galatians, five years later, in opposition to the latter, unfold the cardinal doctrines of grace and justification by faith. Still later, the epistles from his Roman prison, Ephesians, Colossians, and Philippians confirm the same. Last of all, the pastoral epistles suit the church's developed ecclesiastical constitution, and direct as to bishops and deacons, and correct abuses and errors of later growth. His opponents in 1 Thessalonians are Jews (1Th 2:16); but in the second group Judaizing Christians. The gospel preached in the epistles to the Thessalonians is that of Christ's coming kingdom rather than the cross; for the former best met the Messianic hopes which won Jewish believers to the Christian faith; it also especially comforted the infant church under trials, and in the sacrifice of worldly pleasure and gain. The healthy condition of all the Macedonian churches accounts for the close resemblance between this epistle and the epistle to Philippians, written ten years subsequently. Hence in both he begins with warm commendations, and drops the official title of "apostle" in the salutation.
DIVISION. The same prayer ("may God Himself," etc.) recurring at 1Th 3:11-13, and 1Th 5:24, (translated "may the God of peace Himself," etc.,) apparently marks the close of the two divisions.
PERSONS ADDRESSED. The prevalence of the Gentile element in them appears from the entire absence of quotations from the Old Testament in these two epistles; also from the address being to pe
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And after the mouthful, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly.
And both Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since you cast it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the gentiles.
Him Paul wished to have go with him; and he took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for all knew that his father was a Greek.
AND travelling through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures,
And according to his custom Paul went in to them, and reasoned with them three sabbaths from the Scriptures, explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.
explaining and asserting that the Christ ought to suffer and to rise from the dead; and that this Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ. And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
And some of them believed and adhered to Paul and Silas; of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people;
But the unbelieving Jews taking certain base men of those about the markets, and exciting a mob, disturbed the city; and coming to the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
but not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
and Jason has received them; and they all do things contrary to the ordinances of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things,
And they excited the multitude and the rulers of the city hearing these things, and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go.
and taking security of Jason and the rest they let them go. And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews;
And when the Jews in Thessalonica knew that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there exciting the multitudes. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away, as if to go by sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there. And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
And those conducting Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a charge to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
AND after this Paul left Athens and came to Corinth.
And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus.
And when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul gave himself wholly to preaching the word, testifying to the Jews Christ Jesus. But when they disputed and blasphemed, shaking his garments he said to them, Your blood be upon your heads; I, pure, from this time will go to the gentiles. read more. And departing thence he came into the house of a man called Justus, who worshipped God, and whose house adjoined the synagogue.
And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
And he remained there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
And Paul having remained yet many days took leave of the brothers, and sailed to Syria; and Priscilla was with him, and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.
And going into the synagogue he spoke boldly, for three months, reasoning and persuading in favor of the kingdom of God. But when some were hardened and believed not, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples from them, and reasoned day by day in the school of one Tyrannus.
And sending two that served him into Macedonia, Timothy and Erastus, he continued a time in Asia.
And there followed him to Asia, Sopater the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus;
And going on board of a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places in Asia, we set sail, Aristarchus a Macedonian of Thessalonica being with us;
FOR the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and wickedness of men who hold the truth in wickedness,
Timothy my co-laborer salutes you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my relatives.
And you know also, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I went out from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only; for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent to my need.
for even in Thessalonica and once and again you sent to my need.
See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,
Let no man therefore judge you in eating and in drinking, or in respect to a feast, or new moon, or sabbath,
Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner salutes you, and Mark the nephew of Barnabas,??oncerning whom you received commandments, if he comes to you receive him,??11 and Jesus called Justus, who are of the circumcision; these are the only co-laborers for the kingdom of God who have been a comfort to me.
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.
knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election, 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. read more. And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 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;
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; 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,
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,
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,
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, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
For you know, brothers, our introduction to you that it was not in vain, 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 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. For our exhortation was not of error, nor of impurity, nor with deceit, read more. 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 we used at no time a word of flattery, as you know, nor a pretext for covetousness, God is witness, neither did we seek glory of men, either of you or of others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ; but we were gentle among you, as a nurse would cherish her own children;
but we were gentle among you, as a nurse would cherish her own children; 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. read more. 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 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. You are witnesses, and God, how piously, and righteously, and blamelessly we were with you that believe, read more. as you know how we exhorted and comforted you, as a father each one of his own children, and charged you to walk worthily of God who calls you into his kingdom and glory. 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. 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 who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men,
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.
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.
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. 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.
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 which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us.
For which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us.
For which reason we wished to come to you; I Paul indeed once and again, and Satan hindered us. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens,
When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens,
When therefore we could no longer refrain, we thought it best to be left alone at Athens, 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,
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, that no one should be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed for this; read more. 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. 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 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 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. 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,
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,
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, therefore we were comforted, brothers, on your account in all our affliction and distress by your faith, read more. for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord. For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God, desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith?
desiring exceedingly, night and day, to see your face, and to perfect what is lacking of your faith? And may God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you; read more. and the Lord cause you to be full and abound with love one to another and to all men, as we also to 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, to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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.
For this is the will of God, your purity, that you should abstain from fornication, that each one should know how to have his wife in purity and honor, read more. not with inordinate desires like the gentiles who know not God,
not with inordinate desires like the gentiles who know not God, 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. read more. For God has not called us to impurity, but to purity. He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who also gives us his Holy Spirit. But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I should write to you; for you are taught by God to love one another;
But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I should write to you; for you are taught by God to love one another; for you also do the same to all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound still more, read more. and strive to be quiet and pursue your own business, and work with your hands, as we charged you, that you may walk becomingly towards those without and have need of nothing. 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.
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.
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 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.
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. 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,
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, 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 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, 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. read more. Comfort one another, therefore, with these words.
But concerning the times and season, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you;
But concerning the times and season, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you;
But concerning the times and season, brothers, you have no need that I should write to you; for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should come upon you like a thief;
But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the day should come upon you like a thief; for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as others, but let us watch and be sober.
Therefore let us not sleep as others, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that are drunk drink in the night;
For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that are drunk drink in the night; 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 let us who are of day be sober, putting on a cuirass of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation, for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him.
who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we may live together with him. Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do.
Wherefore exhort one another, and edify one another, as you also do. And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,
And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men.
And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men. See that no one renders evil for evil, but always pursue the good both one to another and to all.
See that no one renders evil for evil, but always pursue the good both one to another and to all. Rejoice always; read more. pray without ceasing,
pray without ceasing, give thanks on every occasion; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to us. read more. Quench not the Spirit,
Quench not the Spirit, despise not prophecies.
despise not prophecies. Prove all things, hold fast the good; read more. abstain from every form of evil. 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.
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.
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. Faithful is he that calls you, who will also perform.
Faithful is he that calls you, who will also perform.
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brothers.
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers, as is fit, because your faith increases greatly, and the love of every one of you all one for another abounds,
in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, read more. when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony was believed by you.
And we beseech you, brothers, in respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being brought together to him, that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.
that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand.
that you be not soon shaken in mind, nor terrified, neither by a spirit, nor by a discourse, nor by an epistle as from us, as though the day of the Lord was at hand. Let no one deceive you in any way, for [he shall not come] unless the apostacy comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,
Do you not remember that when I was with you I told you of these things?
and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming, whose coming is according to the power of Satan, with all power and miracles and false prodigies
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, as also with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith.
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for all have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who will confirm you, and guard you from evil. read more. And we trust in the Lord with respect to you, that you both do and will do what we direct. And may the Lord direct your hearts in the love of God, and in the patience of Christ. And we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which you received from us.
And we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which you received from us.
And we charge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to withdraw from every brother who walks disorderly and not according to the tradition which you received from us. For you know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not disorderly among you,
For you know yourselves how you ought to follow us, for we walked not disorderly among you, neither did we eat bread of any one for nought, but worked with labor and fatigue, night and day, not to be burdensome to any of you;
neither did we eat bread of any one for nought, but worked with labor and fatigue, night and day, not to be burdensome to any of you; not that we have not a right [to a support], but that we may make ourselves an example for you to follow us.
not that we have not a right [to a support], but that we may make ourselves an example for you to follow us. For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat.
For when we were with you, we gave you this charge, that if any one will not work, neither let him eat. For we hear that some go about among you in a disorderly manner, not working, but being above work;
For we hear that some go about among you in a disorderly manner, not working, but being above work; we charge and exhort such, by our Lord Jesus Christ, to work quietly, and eat their own bread.
we charge and exhort such, by our Lord Jesus Christ, to work quietly, and eat their own bread. But, brothers, be not weary of well doing.
But, brothers, be not weary of well doing. But if any one obeys not our word by this epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he may be ashamed;
But if any one obeys not our word by this epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he may be ashamed;
But if any one obeys not our word by this epistle, mark that one, and have no association with him, that he may be ashamed; and account him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
and account him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. And may the Lord of peace give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. read more. The salutation by my hand, Paul's, which is [the] sign in every epistle; so I write.