帖撒羅尼迦前書 4
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
做聖潔的人
4 此外，弟兄們，我們在主耶穌裡請求你們、勸勉你們：既然從我們學到了該怎樣行事為人，怎樣討神的喜悅——就像你們也在行的——你們就要更加努力， 2 因為你們知道，我們藉著主耶穌所傳給你們的是什麼吩咐。
3 神的旨意正是要你們分別為聖：要你們遠避淫亂， 4 要你們每個人知道怎樣在聖潔、尊貴中持守自己的身體[a]， 5 而不要像那些不認識神的外邦人那樣，放縱邪情私欲； 6 不可有人在這事上越軌，對不起他的弟兄，因為關於這一切事，主是報應者，正如我們以前也告訴過、鄭重地勸誡過你們。 7 要知道，神召喚我們，不是要我們沾染汙穢，而是要我們分別為聖。 8 因此，那拒絕這吩咐[b]的，不是拒絕人，而是拒絕神——就是將他的聖靈賜給你們[c]的那一位。
基督徒的行事為人
9 關於弟兄之愛，你們不需要我[d]寫什麼給你們，因為你們自己蒙了神的教導，要彼此相愛。 10 實際上，你們對整個馬其頓省的所有弟兄就是這樣做的。不過弟兄們，我們勸你們要更加努力。 11 你們要立定心志安靜下來、做自己的事、親手做工，正如我們曾經吩咐過你們的， 12 好使你們在外人面前能夠行事端正，不會有什麼缺乏[e]。
基督再來的盼望
13 弟兄們，關於睡了的人，我們不願意你們不明白，免得你們憂傷，就像其他那些沒有盼望的人一樣。 14 我們既然相信耶穌死而復活了，照樣也相信，那些藉著耶穌已經睡了的人，神將要把他們與耶穌一同帶來[f]。 15 的確，我們現在照著主的話告訴你們這一點：我們這些活著存留到主來臨的人，絕不會在那些已經睡了的人之先， 16 因為在發令的呼喊聲中，在天使長的聲音和神的號角聲中，主要親自從天降臨，而且那些在基督裡死去的人要先復活， 17 然後我們這些還活著存留的人，要與他們一同被提到雲裡，在空中與主相會。這樣，我們就要永遠與主在一起了。 18 所以，你們當用這些話彼此鼓勵。
Footnotes
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:4 持守自己的身體——原文直譯「擁有自己的器皿」或「擁有自己的妻子」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:8 這吩咐——輔助詞語。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:8 你們——有古抄本作「我們」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:9 我——輔助詞語。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:12 不會有什麼缺乏——或譯作「不需要依賴任何人」。
- 帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:14 帶來——或譯作「帶去」或「領去」。
1 Thessalonians 4
New King James Version
Plea for Purity
4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus (A)that you should abound more and more, (B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2 for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is (C)the will of God, (D)your sanctification: (E)that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 (F)that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 (G)not in passion of lust, (H)like the Gentiles (I)who do not know God; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord (J)is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, (K)but in holiness. 8 (L)Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, (M)who[a] has also given us His Holy Spirit.
A Brotherly and Orderly Life
9 But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for (N)you yourselves are taught by God (O)to love one another; 10 and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, (P)that you increase more and more; 11 that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, (Q)to mind your own business, and (R)to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, 12 (S)that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
The Comfort of Christ’s Coming
13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen [b]asleep, lest you sorrow (T)as others (U)who have no hope. 14 For (V)if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him (W)those who [c]sleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you (X)by the word of the Lord, that (Y)we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are [d]asleep. 16 For (Z)the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with (AA)the trumpet of God. (AB)And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 (AC)Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them (AD)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus (AE)we shall always be with the Lord. 18 (AF)Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 NU who also gives
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Died
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Or through Jesus sleep
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Dead
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