问安

保罗赛拉斯提摩太

致那在父神和主耶稣基督里的帖撒罗尼迦人的教会:

愿恩典与平安[a]临到你们!

感恩

我们为你们大家常常感谢神,在祷告中提到你们; 在神我们的父面前,不住地记念你们在我们主耶稣基督里的信仰的行为、爱心的劳苦,以及对盼望的忍耐。 蒙神所爱的弟兄们,我们知道你们是蒙拣选的, 因为我们的福音传到你们那里,不仅是藉着话语,也是藉着能力、圣灵和充分的确信。你们知道,为了你们的缘故,我们在你们中间是怎样为人的。 你们效法了我们,也效法了主,在大患难中,怀着圣灵所赐的喜乐接受了这话语。 因此,你们成了马其顿亚该亚省所有信徒的榜样。 事实上,主的福音[b]已经从你们那里传扬出去,不仅在马其顿亚该亚省,也在你们对神的信仰所传开的各个地方;所以我们不需要再说什么了。 其实他们自己在宣扬有关我们的事,说我们是怎样进到你们那里,你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神、服事又活又真的神, 10 并且等候他那从天降临的儿子,就是神使他从死人中复活的耶稣——他拯救我们脱离那将要来临的震怒。

Footnotes

  1. 帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:1 有古抄本附“从神我们的父和主耶稣基督”。
  2. 帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:8 福音——原文直译“话语”或“道”。

我保羅同西拉和提摩太寫信給帖撒羅尼迦屬於父上帝和主耶穌基督的教會。

願恩典和平安歸給你們!

信徒的榜樣

我們常常為你們眾人感謝上帝,為你們禱告, 在我們的父上帝面前不斷地想到你們因信我們主耶穌基督而做的工作、因愛祂而受的勞苦和因祂所賜的盼望而激發的忍耐。

上帝所愛的弟兄姊妹,我們知道上帝揀選了你們, 因為我們傳福音給你們不只是靠言語,也靠上帝的能力、聖靈的同在和充分的確據。你們也知道,我們為了你們的緣故怎樣在你們中間行事為人。 你們效法了我們和我們的主,儘管深受苦難,仍然懷著聖靈所賜的喜樂領受真道, 成了馬其頓和亞該亞所有信徒的榜樣。 主的道從你們那裡不僅傳到了馬其頓和亞該亞,還傳到了其他各地,你們對上帝的信心也廣為人知,我們無須再多說什麼。 因為人們都在傳講你們如何接待我們,如何離棄偶像歸向上帝,事奉又真又活的上帝, 10 等候祂的兒子從天降臨,就是祂使之從死裡復活、救我們脫離將來可怕審判[a]的耶穌。

Footnotes

  1. 1·10 可怕審判」希臘文是「烈怒」。

Greeting

From Paul, Silas, and Timothy. To the church at Thessalonica united with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Good will [a] and peace are yours!

Paul’s Prayer for the Thessalonians

We always thank God for all of you as we remember you in our prayers. In the presence of our God and Father, we never forget that your faith is active, your love is working hard, and your confidence in our Lord Jesus Christ is enduring. Brothers and sisters, we never forget this because we know that God loves you and has chosen you. We know this because the Good News we brought came to you not only with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with complete certainty. In the same way you know what kind of people we were while we were with you and the good things we did for you.

You imitated us and the Lord. In spite of a lot of suffering, you welcomed God’s word with the kind of joy that the Holy Spirit gives. This way, you became a model for all the believers in the province of Macedonia and Greece. From you the Lord’s word has spread out not only through the province of Macedonia and Greece but also to people everywhere who have heard about your faith in God. We don’t need to say a thing about it. They talk about how you welcomed us when we arrived. They even report how you turned away from false gods to serve the real, living God 10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven. His Son is Jesus, whom he brought back to life. Jesus is the one who rescues us from ⌞God’s⌟ coming anger.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Or “Grace.”

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.