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保羅、西拉和提摩太,寫信給帖撒羅尼迦、在父 神和主耶穌基督裡的教會。願恩惠平安臨到你們。

帖撒羅尼迦教會的榜樣

我們常常為你們眾人感謝 神,禱告的時候提到你們, 在我們的父 神面前,不住地記念你們信心的工作,愛心的勞苦和因盼望我們主耶穌基督而有的堅忍。  神所愛的弟兄們,我們知道你們是蒙揀選的, 因為我們的福音傳到你們那裡,不單是藉著言語,也是藉著權能,藉著聖靈和充足的信心。為了你們的緣故,我們在你們中間為人怎樣,這是你們知道的。 你們效法了我們,也效法了主,在大患難中,帶著聖靈的喜樂接受了真道。 這樣,你們就成了馬其頓和亞該亞所有信徒的榜樣。 因為不單主的道從你們那裡傳遍了馬其頓和亞該亞,就是你們對 神的信心也傳遍了各處,所以我們不用再說甚麼了。 他們都述說你們是怎樣接待我們,而且怎樣離棄偶像歸向 神,要服事這位又真又活的 神, 10 並且等候他的兒子從天降臨。這就是 神使他從死人中復活,救我們脫離將來的忿怒的那位耶穌。

(A)From Paul, Silas, and Timothy—

To the people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

May grace and peace be yours.

The Life and Faith of the Thessalonians

We always thank God for you all and always mention you in our prayers. For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm. Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own. For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for your own good. (B)You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit. So you became an example to all believers in Macedonia and Achaia. For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say. All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God 10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven—his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger that is coming.

Paul, Silas[a](A) and Timothy,(B)

To the church of the Thessalonians(C) in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.(D)

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

We always thank God for all of you(E) and continually mention you in our prayers.(F) We remember before our God and Father(G) your work produced by faith,(H) your labor prompted by love,(I) and your endurance inspired by hope(J) in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For we know, brothers and sisters[b] loved by God,(K) that he has chosen you, because our gospel(L) came to you not simply with words but also with power,(M) with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know(N) how we lived among you for your sake. You became imitators of us(O) and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering(P) with the joy(Q) given by the Holy Spirit.(R) And so you became a model(S) to all the believers in Macedonia(T) and Achaia.(U) The Lord’s message(V) rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere.(W) Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(X) to God from idols(Y) to serve the living and true God,(Z) 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven,(AA) whom he raised from the dead(AB)—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(AC)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
  2. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.