,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger with the help of ,derek ,andrew's text from ,january #aiib and the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november #bjjb4 ,book #eb #a ,thessalonians #eb3jja3jja ,paul1 and ,silvanus1 and ,timotheus1 unto the church of the ,thessalonians which is in ,god the ,father and in the ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 ,grace be unto you1 and peace1 from ,god our ,father1 and the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #eb3jja3jjb ,we give thanks to ,god always for you all1 making mention of you in our prayers2 #eb3jja3jjc ,remembering without ceasing your work of faith1 and labour of love1 and patience of hope in our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 in the sight of ,god and our ,father2 #eb3jja3jjd ,knowing1 brethren beloved1 your election of ,god4 #eb3jja3jje ,for our gospel came not unto you in word only1 but also in power1 and in the ,holy ,ghost1 and in much assurance2 as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake4 #eb3jja3jjf ,and ye became followers of us1 and of the ,lord1 having received the word in much affliction1 with joy of the ,holy ,ghost4 #eb3jja3jjg ,so that ye were ensamples to all that believe in ,macedonia and ,achaia4 #eb3jja3jjh ,for from you sounded out the word of the ,lord not only in ,macedonia and ,achaia1 but also in every place your faith to ,god-ward is spread abroad2 so that we need not to speak any thing4 #eb3jja3jji ,for they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you1 and how ye turned to ,god from idols to serve the living and true ,god2 #eb3jja3jaj ,and to wait for his ,son from heaven1 whom he raised from the dead1 even ,jesus1 which delivered us from the wrath to come4 #eb3jjb3jja ,for yourselves1 brethren1 know our entrance in unto you1 that it was not in vain3 #eb3jjb3jjb ,but even after that we had suffered before1 and were shamefully entreated1 as ye know1 at ,philippi1 we were bold in our ,god to speak unto you the gospel of ,god with much contention4 #eb3jjb3jjc ,for our exhortation was not of deceit1 nor of uncleanness1 nor in guile3 #eb3jjb3jjd ,but as we were allowed of ,god to be put in trust with the gospel1 even so we speak2 not as pleasing men1 but ,god1 which trieth our hearts4 #eb3jjb3jje ,for neither at any time used we flattering words1 as ye know1 nor a cloke of covetousness2 ,god is witness3 #eb3jjb3jjf ,nor of men sought we glory1 neither of you1 nor yet of others1 when we might have been burdensome1 as the apostles of ,christ4 #eb3jjb3jjg ,but we were gentle among you1 even as a nurse cherisheth her children3 #eb3jjb3jjh ,so being affectionately desirous of you1 we were willing to have imparted unto you1 not the gospel of ,god only1 but also our own souls1 because ye were dear unto us4 #eb3jjb3jji ,for ye remember1 brethren1 our labour and travail3 for labouring night and day1 because we would not be chargeable unto any of you1 we preached unto you the gospel of ,god4 #eb3jjb3jaj ,ye are witnesses1 and ,god also1 how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe3 #eb3jjb3jaa ,as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you1 as a father doth his children1 #eb3jjb3jab ,that ye would walk worthy of ,god1 who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory4 #eb3jjb3jac ,for this cause also thank we ,god without ceasing1 because1 when ye received the word of ,god which ye heard of us1 ye received it not as the word of men1 but as it is in truth1 the word of ,god1 which effectually worketh also in you that believe4 #eb3jjb3jad ,for ye1 brethren1 became followers of the churches of ,god which in ,judaea are in ,christ ,jesus3 for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen1 even as they have of the ,jews3 #eb3jjb3jae ,who both killed the ,lord ,jesus1 and their own prophets1 and have persecuted us2 and they please not ,god1 and are contrary to all men3 #eb3jjb3jaf ,forbidding us to speak to the ,gentiles that they might be saved1 to fill up their sins alway3 for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost4 #eb3jjb3jag ,but we1 brethren1 being taken from you for a short time in presence1 not in heart1 endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire4 #eb3jjb3jah ,wherefore we would have come unto you1 even ,i ,paul1 once and again2 but ,satan hindered us4 #eb3jjb3jai ,for what is our hope1 or joy1 or crown of rejoicing8 ,are not even ye in the presence of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ at his coming8 #eb3jjb3jbj ,for ye are our glory and joy4 #eb3jjc3jja ,wherefore when we could no longer forbear1 we thought it good to be left at ,athens alone2 #eb3jjc3jjb ,and sent ,timotheus1 our brother1 and minister of ,god1 and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of ,christ1 to establish you1 and to comfort you concerning your faith3 #eb3jjc3jjc ,that no man should be moved by these afflictions3 for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto4 #eb3jjc3jjd ,for verily1 when we were with you1 we told you before that we should suffer tribulation2 even as it came to pass1 and ye know4 #eb3jjc3jje ,for this cause1 when ,i could no longer forbear1 ,i sent to know your faith1 lest by some means the tempter have tempted you1 and our labour be in vain4 #eb3jjc3jjf ,but now when ,timotheus came from you unto us1 and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity1 and that ye have good remembrance of us always1 desiring greatly to see us1 as we also to see you3 #eb3jjc3jjg ,therefore1 brethren1 we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith3 #eb3jjc3jjh ,for now we live1 if ye stand fast in the ,lord4 #eb3jjc3jji ,for what thanks can we render to ,god again for you1 for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our ,god2 #eb3jjc3jaj ,night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face1 and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith8 #eb3jjc3jaa ,now ,god himself and our ,father1 and our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 direct our way unto you4 #eb3jjc3jab ,and the ,lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another1 and toward all men1 even as we do toward you3 #eb3jjc3jac ,to the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before ,god1 even our ,father1 at the coming of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ with all his saints4 #eb3jjd3jja ,furthermore then we beseech you1 brethren1 and exhort you by the ,lord ,jesus1 that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please ,god1 so ye would abound more and more4 #eb3jjd3jjb ,for ye know what commandments we gave you by the ,lord ,jesus4 #eb3jjd3jjc ,for this is the will of ,god1 even your sanctification1 that ye should abstain from fornication3 #eb3jjd3jjd ,that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour2 #eb3jjd3jje ,not in the lust of concupiscence1 even as the ,gentiles which know not ,god3 #eb3jjd3jjf ,that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter3 because that the ,lord is the avenger of all such1 as we also have forewarned you and testified4 #eb3jjd3jjg ,for ,god hath not called us unto uncleanness1 but unto holiness4 #eb3jjd3jjh ,he therefore that despiseth1 despiseth not man1 but ,god1 who hath also given unto us his holy ,spirit4 #eb3jjd3jji ,but as touching brotherly love ye need not that ,i write unto you3 for ye yourselves are taught of ,god to love one another4 #eb3jjd3jaj ,and indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all ,macedonia3 but we beseech you1 brethren1 that ye increase more and more2 #eb3jjd3jaa ,and that ye study to be quiet1 and to do your own business1 and to work with your own hands1 as we commanded you2 #eb3jjd3jab ,that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without1 and that ye may have lack of nothing4 #eb3jjd3jac ,but ,i would not have you to be ignorant1 brethren1 concerning them which are asleep1 that ye sorrow not1 even as others which have no hope4 #eb3jjd3jad ,for if we believe that ,jesus died and rose again1 even so them also which sleep in ,jesus will ,god bring with him4 #eb3jjd3jae ,for this we say unto you by the word of the ,lord1 that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the ,lord shall not prevent them which are asleep4 #eb3jjd3jaf ,for the ,lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout1 with the voice of the archangel1 and with the trump of ,god3 and the dead in ,christ shall rise first3 #eb3jjd3jag ,then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds1 to meet the ,lord in the air3 and so shall we ever be with the ,lord4 #eb3jjd3jah ,wherefore comfort one another with these words4 #eb3jje3jja ,but of the times and the seasons1 brethren1 ye have no need that ,i write unto you4 #eb3jje3jjb ,for yourselves know perfectly that the day of the ,lord so cometh as a thief in the night4 #eb3jje3jjc ,for when they shall say1 ,peace and safety2 then sudden destruction cometh upon them1 as travail upon a woman with child2 and they shall not escape4 #eb3jje3jjd ,but ye1 brethren1 are not in darkness1 that that day should overtake you as a thief4 #eb3jje3jje ,ye are all the children of light1 and the children of the day3 we are not of the night1 nor of darkness4 #eb3jje3jjf ,therefore let us not sleep1 as do others2 but let us watch and be sober4 #eb3jje3jjg ,for they that sleep sleep in the night2 and they that be drunken are drunken in the night4 #eb3jje3jjh ,but let us1 who are of the day1 be sober1 putting on the breastplate of faith and love2 and for an helmet1 the hope of salvation4 #eb3jje3jji ,for ,god hath not appointed us to wrath1 but to obtain salvation by our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 #eb3jje3jaj ,who died for us1 that1 whether we wake or sleep1 we should live together with him4 #eb3jje3jaa ,wherefore comfort yourselves together1 and edify one another1 even as also ye do4 #eb3jje3jab ,and we beseech you1 brethren1 to know them which labour among you1 and are over you in the ,lord1 and admonish you2 #eb3jje3jac ,and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake4 ,and be at peace among yourselves4 #eb3jje3jad ,now we exhort you1 brethren1 warn them that are unruly1 comfort the feebleminded1 support the weak1 be patient toward all men4 #eb3jje3jae ,see that none render evil for evil unto any man2 but ever follow that which is good1 both among yourselves1 and to all men4 #eb3jje3jaf ,rejoice evermore4 #eb3jje3jag ,pray without ceasing4 #eb3jje3jah ,in every thing give thanks3 for this is the will of ,god in ,christ ,jesus concerning you4 #eb3jje3jai ,quench not the ,spirit4 #eb3jje3jbj ,despise not prophesyings4 #eb3jje3jba ,prove all things2 hold fast that which is good4 #eb3jje3jbb ,abstain from all appearance of evil4 #eb3jje3jbc ,and the very ,god of peace sanctify you wholly2 and ,i pray ,god your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 #eb3jje3jbd ,faithful is he that calleth you1 who also will do it4 #eb3jje3jbe ,brethren1 pray for us4 #eb3jje3jbf ,greet all the brethren with an holy kiss4 #eb3jje3jbg ,i charge you by the ,lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren4 #eb3jje3jbh ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ be with you4 ,amen4