Eph. 4. 2. f 1 Pet. 4. 8. g John 13. 34. Rom. 13. 8. 1 Cor. 13. Eph. 5. 2. h 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in Thess. 4. 9. your hearts, to the which also ye are called 'in one body; and be ye thankful. 1 Tim. 1. 5. 1 John 3. 23. Eph. 4. S. Rom. 14. 17. Phil. 4. 7. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in k1 Cor. 7. 15. you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 1 Eph. 2. 16. m ch. 2. 7. n1 Cor. 14. 26. Eph. 5. 19. o cb. 4. 6. p1 Cor. 10. 31. q Rom. 1. 8. Eph. 5. 20. ch. 1. 12. Thess. 5. 18. Heb. 13, 15. r Eph. 5. 22. Tit. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 1. $ Eph. 5. 3. t Eph. 5. 25. 1 Pet. 3. 7. u Eph. 4. 31. x Eph. 6. 1. y Eph. 5. 24. Tit. 2. 9. 2 Eph. 6. 4. a Eph. 6. 5. 1 Tim. 6. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 18. b ver. 20. c Philem. 16. d Eph. 6. 6, 7. e Eph. 6. 8. f 1 Cor. 7. 22. g Rom. 2. 11. Eph. 6. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 17. Deut. 10. 17. a Eph. 6. 9. Sundry duties enjoined. knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; e A. D. 64. b Luke 18. 1. Rom. 12. 12 Eph. 6. 18. 1 Thess. 5. 17. 3d Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of ch. 27. utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. d Eph. 6. 19. 2 Thess. 3. L e 1 Cor. 16. 9. 2 Cor. 2. 12 f Matt. 13. L 1 Cor. 4. 1. Eph. 6. 19. ch. 1. 26. 5 Eph. 6. 20. Phil. 1. 7. h Eph. 5. 15 1 Thess. 4. 12 i Eph. 5. 16. * Ecc. 10. 12 1 Mark 9, 50. 1 Pet. S. 15. a Eph. 6. 21. 8 Whom I have sent unto you for Eph. 6. 22 the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 9 With POnesimus, a faithful and P Philem. 10, beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. 10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him,) 11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. 12 * Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand per- | fect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and x 2 Tim 4.11. Demas, greet you. 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. y 2 Tim. 4. 10. Philem. 24. z Rom. 16, 5 1 Cor. 16. 19. 27. 16 And when this epistle is read 2 1 Thess. 5. among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou 1 Tim. 4. 6. hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 18 The salutation by the hand of, me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychi cus and Onesimus. 41 Cor. 16. 21. Thess. 3. 17. e Heb. 15. S. f Heb. 18, 25. 1 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. A. D. 54. A 2 Cor. 1. 19. 2 Thess. 1. 1. 1 Pet. 5. 12. Eph. 1. 2. c Rom. 1. 8. e John 6. 29. 2 Thess. 1. 3, CHAPTER I. The salutation. 2 The apostle's thanksgiving and prayer to God in their behalf. 5 The manner in which the gospel came to them. 7 The influence of their example in spreading the gospel. PAUL and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: b Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of 11. James 2 love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 17. f Rom. 16. 6. Heb. 6. 10. 1 Or, beloved of God, your election. g Col. 3. 12. h Mark 16. 20. 1 Cor. 2. 4. & 4. 20. 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. h 5 For our gospel came not unto you 2 Thess. 2. 13. in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as 'ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, " with joy of the Holy Ghost: i 2 Cor. 6. 6. m 1 Cor. 4. 16. & 11. 1. Phil. 3. 17. 2 Thess. 3. 9. n Acts 5. 41. Heb. 10. 34. o Rom. 10. 18. !p Rom. 1. 8. 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every 2 Thess. 1. 4. place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. q ch. 2. 1. r1 Cor. 12. 2. Gal. 4. 8. • Rom. 2. 7. t Acts 1. 11. 2 Thess. 1. 7. u Acts 2. 24. x Matt. 3. 7. Rom. 5. 9. ch. 5. 9. a ch. 1. 5, 9. 9 For they themselves shew of us 4 what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, "whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us * from the wrath to come. X 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which yeech. 1.3. heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which d Matt. 10, 40. Gal. 4. 14. 2 Pet. 3. 2. • Gal. 1. 22. Judea Acts 17.3, also have suffered like things of your 13. The apostle comforted. A. D. 54. g Heb. 10, 33, 34. Or, chased us out. h Acts 2. 23. & 3. 15. & 3. 30. i Matt. 5. 12. & 23, 34, 37. 34. 52. k Esth. S. 8. Luke 11. 52. Acts 13. 50. & 14. 19. & 17. 13. & 18. 12. & 19. 9. & 22. 21, 22. I. THESSALONIANS. Exhortation to godliness. own countrymen, even as they have and might perfect that which is lackof the Jews: ing in your faith? 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: "for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. m 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face m Gen. 15. 16. With great desire. Matt. 23. S2. Matt. 24. 6, 14. o 1 Cor. 5. 3. q Rom. 1. 13. & 15, 22. r 2 Cor. 1. 14. Phil. 2. 16. & 4. 1. s Prov. 16. 31. t1 Cor. 15. 23. ch. 3. 13. Rev. 1. 7. & a ver. 5. b Acts 17. 15. c Rom. 16. 21. no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, 1 Cor. 16. 10. and minister of God, and our fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 2 Cor. 1. 19. 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this cause, & when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, "lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, "we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness," but unto holiness. 8° He therefore that despiseth, de- Or, rejecteth. spiseth not man, but God, P who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; 12 That ye may walk honestly to- Rom. 151 ward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, i 2 Cor. 21 Col. 4. 5. | Or. of ne a Lev. 19. 28. Deut. 14. 2 2 Sam. 12 20. a even as others which have no hope. | ↳ Eph. 2. 12. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died 1 Cor. 15, 13. Į k1 Cor. 15.51. 1 Acts 1. 9. Rev. 11. 12. m John 14. 3. & 17, 24. Or, exhort. a ch. 5. 11. a Matt. 24. 3. Acts 1.7. ib ch. 4. 9. n Sundry exhortations. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 P Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. A. D. 54. a Rom. 9. 22. o 2 Thess. 2. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves | Or, exhort. together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. P Rom. 14. 8. 2 Cor. 5. 15. q ch. 4. 18. Phil. 2. 29. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, 1 Cor. 16. 18. to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 17 Then we which are alive and 13 And to esteem them very highly t 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, 2 For yourselves know perfectly Matt. 21. 43. that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Luke 12. 39. 2 Pet. 3. 10. Rev. 3. 3. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not' escape. 1 Tim 5. 17. Heb. 13. 17. • Mark 9. 50. t 2 Thess. 3. 11. Heb. 12. 12. x Rom. 14. 1. Or, beseech. 2 Tim. 4. 2. z Lev. 19. 18. Prov. 20. 22. & 24. 29. Matt. 5. 39. Rom. 12. 17. 1 Cor. 6. 7. 1 Pet. S. 9. ch. 3. 12. 18 In every thing give thanks for a Gal. 6. 10. this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spirit. h b 2 Cor. 6. 10. Phil. 4. 4. c Luke 18. 1. & 21. 36. Rom. 12. 12. Eph. 6. 18. Col. 4. 2. 1 Pet. 4. 7. 22 Abstain from all appearance of Eph. 5. 20. evil. 23 And the very God of peace Col. 3. 17. e Eph. 4. 30. 1 Tim. 4. 14. | 2 Tim. 1. 6. 1 Cor. 14. 30. f1 Cor. 14. 1. 1 Cor. 2 15. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in dark-sanctify you wholly; and I pray 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day we are not of the night, nor of darkness. h 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do Matt. 24. 42. others; but let us watch and be sober. Rom. 13. 11. i Pet. 5. 8. Luke 21. 34. Rom. 13. 13. 1 Cor. 15. 34. Eph. 5. 14. 1 Acts 2. 15, in Is. 59. 17. Eph. 6. 14. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken 'are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 25 Brethren, ° pray for us. 26 P Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 1 John 4. 1. h Phil. 4. 8. * Phil. 4. 9. 1 ch. 3. 13. m 1 Cor. 1. 8. n1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Thess. 3, 3. 27 I charge you by the Lord, that I Or, adjure. 9 this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. • Col. 4. 3. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus 4 Col 4, 16. The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was writ- 1045 2 Thess. 3. 14. r Rom. 16. 20. 2 Thess. 3. 18. |