,from www4ebible4org with slight        
reformatting by ,martin ,ward4          
,book #eb #a ,thessalonians  #jja3jja   
,paul1 ,silvanus1 and ,timothy1 to the  
assembly of the ,thessalonians          
in ,god the ,father and the ,lord ,jesus
 ,christ3  ,grace to you          and   
peace from ,god our ,father and the     
,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #jja3jjb ,we     
always give thanks to ,god for all of   
you1 mentioning you          in our     
prayers1  #jja3jjc remembering without  
ceasing your work of faith and labor    
of love and patience of hope in our     
,lord ,jesus ,christ1          before   
our ,god and ,father4  #jja3jjd ,we     
know1 brothers,the word for brothers    
here and where context          allows  
may also be correctly translated        
brothers and sisters          or        
siblings4 loved by ,god1 that you are   
chosen1  #jja3jje and that our ,good    
,news came to you not in word only1 but 
also          in power1 and in the ,holy
 ,spirit1 and with much assurance4      

,you know what kind of men we showed    
ourselves to be among          you for  
your sake4  #jja3jjf ,you became        
imitators of us1 and of the ,lord1      
having received          the word in    
much affliction1 with joy of the ,holy  
,spirit1  #jja3jjg so that you became an
 example to all who believe in          
,macedonia          and in ,achaia4     
#jja3jjh ,for from you the word of the  
,lord has been declared1 not only       
in ,macedonia and ,achaia1 but also in  
every place your faith          toward  
,god has gone out2 so that we need not  
to say anything4  #jja3jji ,for they    
themselves report concerning us what    
kind of a reception          we had from
 you2 and how you turned to ,god from   
idols1          to serve a living and   
true ,god1  #jja3jaj and to wait for his
 ,son from heaven1 whom he raised from  
the dead--,jesus1 who delivers us from  
the wrath to come4  #jjb3jja ,for you   
yourselves know1 brothers1 our visit to 
you wasn't in vain1  #jjb3jjb but having

 suffered before and been shamefully    
treated1          as you know1 at       
,philippi1 we grew bold in our ,god to  
tell          you the ,good ,news of    
,god in much conflict4  #jjb3jjc ,for   
our exhortation is not of error1 nor of 
uncleanness1          nor in deception4 
#jjb3jjd ,but even as we have been      
approved by ,god to be entrusted        
with the ,good ,news1 so we speak2 not  
as pleasing men1 but ,god1          who 
tests our hearts4  #jjb3jje ,for neither
 were we at any time found using words  
of flattery1          as you know1 nor a
 cloak of covetousness 7,god is         
witness71  #jjb3jjf nor seeking glory   
from men 7neither from you nor from     
others71          when we might have    
claimed authority as apostles of        
,christ4  #jjb3jjg ,but we were gentle  
among you1 like a nursing mother        
cherishes          her own children4    
#jjb3jjh ,even so1 affectionately       
longing for you1 we were well pleased   
to impart to you1 not the ,good ,news of

 ,god only1 but also our          own   
souls1 because you had become very dear 
to us4  #jjb3jji ,for you remember1     
brothers1 our labor and travail2        
for working night and day1 that we might
 not burden any of you1          we     
preached to you the ,good ,news of ,god4
  #jjb3jaj ,you are witnesses with ,god1
 how holy1 righteously1 and blamelessly 
we behaved ourselves toward you who     
believe4  #jjb3jaa ,as you know1 we     
exhorted1 comforted1 and implored every 
one of you1          as a father does   
his own children1  #jjb3jab to the end  
that you should walk worthily of ,god1  
who calls          you into his own     
,kingdom and glory4  #jjb3jac ,for this 
cause we also thank ,god without        
ceasing1 that1          when you        
received from us the word of the message
 of ,god1          you accepted it not  
as the word of men1 but1 as it is in    
truth1          the word of ,god1 which 
also works in you who believe4  #jjb3jad
 ,for you1 brothers1 became imitators of

 the assemblies of ,god          which  
are in ,judea in ,christ ,jesus2 for you
 also suffered          the same things 
from your own countrymen1 even as they  
did          from the ,jews2  #jjb3jae  
who killed both the ,lord ,jesus and    
their own prophets1          and drove  
us out1 and didn't please ,god1 and are 
contrary          to all men2  #jjb3jaf 
forbidding us to speak to the ,gentiles 
that they may be saved2          to fill
 up their sins always4  ,but wrath has  
come on them          to the uttermost4 
#jjb3jag ,but we1 brothers1 being       
bereaved of you for a short season1     
in presence1 not in heart1 tried even   
harder to see your face          with   
great desire1  #jjb3jah because we      
wanted to come to you--indeed1 ,i1      
,paul1 once and again--          but    
,satan hindered us4  #jjb3jai ,for what 
is our hope1 or joy1 or crown of        
rejoicing8          ,isn't it even you1 
before our ,lord ,jesus,,tr adds ,christ
          at his coming8  #jjb3jbj ,for 

you are our glory and our joy4  #jjc3jja
 ,therefore1 when we couldn't stand it  
any longer1 we thought          it good 
to be left behind at ,athens alone1     
#jjc3jjb and sent ,timothy1 our brother 
and ,god's servant in the          ,good
 ,news of ,christ1 to establish you1 and
 to comfort you          concerning your
 faith2  #jjc3jjc that no one be moved  
by these afflictions4  ,for you know    
that we are appointed to this task4     
#jjc3jjd ,for most certainly1 when we   
were with you1 we told you beforehand   
that we are to suffer affliction1 even  
as it happened1          and you know4  
#jjc3jje ,for this cause ,i also1 when  
,i couldn't stand it any longer1        
sent that ,i might know your faith1 for 
fear that by any          means the     
tempter had tempted you1 and our labor  
would have          been in vain4       
#jjc3jjf ,but when ,timothy came just   
now to us from you1 and brought         
us glad news of your faith and love1 and
 that you have good          memories of

 us always1 longing to see us1 even as  
we also long          to see you2       
#jjc3jjg for this cause1 brothers1 we   
were comforted over you in all          
our distress and affliction through your
 faith4  #jjc3jjh ,for now we live1 if  
you stand fast in the ,lord4  #jjc3jji  
,for what thanksgiving can we render    
again to ,god for you1          for all 
the joy with which we rejoice for your  
sakes          before our ,god2         
#jjc3jaj night and day praying          
exceedingly that we may see your face1  
and may perfect that which is lacking in
 your faith8  #jjc3jaa ,now may our ,god
 and ,father himself1 and our ,lord     
,jesus ,christ1          direct our way 
to you2  #jjc3jab and the ,lord make you
 to increase and abound in love one     
toward another1 and toward all men1 even
 as we also do toward you1  #jjc3jac to 
the end he may establish your hearts    
blameless in holiness          before   
our ,god and ,father1 at the coming of  
our ,lord ,jesus          with all his  

saints4  #jjd3jja ,finally then1        
brothers1 we beg and exhort you in the  
,lord ,jesus1          that as you      
received from us how you ought to walk  
and to          please ,god1 that you   
abound more and more4  #jjd3jjb ,for you
 know what charge we gave you through   
the ,lord ,jesus4  #jjd3jjc ,for this is
 the will of ,god3  your sanctification1
 that you          abstain from sexual  
immorality1  #jjd3jjd that each one of  
you know how to possess himself of his  
own          vessel in sanctification   
and honor1  #jjd3jje not in the passion 
of lust1 even as the ,gentiles who don't
 know ,god2  #jjd3jjf that no one should
 take advantage of and wrong a brother  
or sister in this matter2 because the   
,lord is an avenger          in all     
these things1 as also we forewarned you 
and testified4  #jjd3jjg ,for ,god      
called us not for uncleanness1 but in   
sanctification4  #jjd3jjh ,therefore he 
who rejects this doesn't reject man1 but
 ,god1          who has also given his  

,holy ,spirit to you4  #jjd3jji ,but    
concerning brotherly love1 you have no  
need that one write          to you4    
,for you yourselves are taught by ,god  
to love one another1  #jjd3jaj for      
indeed you do it toward all the brothers
 who are in          all ,macedonia4    
,but we exhort you1 brothers1 that you  
abound          more and more2  #jjd3jaa
 and that you make it your ambition to  
lead a quiet life1          and to do   
your own business1 and to work with your
 own hands1          even as we charged 
you2  #jjd3jab that you may walk        
properly toward those who are outside1  
and may have need of nothing4  #jjd3jac 
,but we don't want you to be ignorant1  
brothers1 concerning those          who 
have fallen asleep1 so that you don't   
grieve like the rest1          who have 
no hope4  #jjd3jad ,for if we believe   
that ,jesus died and rose again1 even so
 ,god          will bring with him those
 who have fallen asleep in ,jesus4      
#jjd3jae ,for this we tell you by the   

word of the ,lord1 that we who are      
alive1          who are left to the     
coming of the ,lord1 will in no way     
precede          those who have fallen  
asleep4  #jjd3jaf ,for the ,lord himself
 will descend from heaven with a shout1 
with the voice of the archangel1 and    
with ,god's trumpet4          ,the dead 
in ,christ will rise first1  #jjd3jag   
then we who are alive1 who are left1    
will be caught up together          with
 them in the clouds1 to meet the ,lord  
in the air4          ,so we will be with
 the ,lord forever4  #jjd3jah ,therefore
 comfort one another with these words4  
#jje3jja ,but concerning the times and  
the seasons1 brothers1 you have         
no need that anything be written to you4
  #jje3jjb ,for you yourselves know well
 that the day of the ,lord comes        
like a thief in the night4  #jje3jjc    
,for when they are saying1 ,peace and   
safety1 then sudden destruction         
will come on them1 like birth pains on a
 pregnant woman2          and they will 

in no way escape4  #jje3jjd ,but you1   
brothers1 aren't in darkness1 that the  
day should          overtake you like a 
thief4  #jje3jje ,you are all children  
of light1 and children of the day4      
,we don't belong to the night1 nor to   
darkness1  #jje3jjf so then let's not   
sleep1 as the rest do1 but let's watch  
and be sober4  #jje3jjg ,for those who  
sleep1 sleep in the night1 and those who
 are drunk          are drunk in the    
night4  #jje3jjh ,but let us1 since we  
belong to the day1 be sober1 putting on 
the breastplate of faith and love1 and1 
for a helmet1          the hope of      
salvation4  #jje3jji ,for ,god didn't   
appoint us to wrath1 but to the         
obtaining          of salvation through 
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1  #jje3jaj who 
died for us1 that1 whether we wake or   
sleep1 we should live          together 
with him4  #jje3jaa ,therefore exhort   
one another1 and build each other up1   
even as you also do4  #jje3jab ,but we  
beg you1 brothers1 to know those who    

labor among you1          and are over  
you in the ,lord1 and admonish you1     
#jje3jac and to respect and honor them  
in love for their work's sake4          
,be at peace among yourselves4  #jje3jad
 ,we exhort you1 brothers1 admonish the 
disorderly1 encourage          the      
fainthearted1 support the weak1 be      
patient toward all4  #jje3jae ,see that 
no one returns evil for evil to anyone1 
but always          follow after that   
which is good1 for one another1 and for 
all4  #jje3jaf ,rejoice always4         
#jje3jag ,pray without ceasing4         
#jje3jah ,in everything give thanks1 for
 this is the will of ,god          in   
,christ ,jesus toward you4  #jje3jai    
,don't quench the ,spirit4  #jje3jbj    
,don't despise prophesies4  #jje3jba    
,test all things1 and hold firmly that  
which is good4  #jje3jbb ,abstain from  
every form of evil4  #jje3jbc ,may the  
,god of peace himself sanctify you      
completely4          ,may your whole    
spirit1 soul1 and body be preserved     

blameless          at the coming of our 
,lord ,jesus ,christ4  #jje3jbd ,he who 
calls you is faithful1 who will also do 
it4  #jje3jbe ,brothers1 pray for us4   
#jje3jbf ,greet all the brothers with a 
holy kiss4  #jje3jbg ,i solemnly charge 
you by the ,lord that this letter be    
read          to all the holy brothers4 
#jje3jbh ,the grace of our ,lord ,jesus 
,christ be with you4  ,amen4