帖撒羅尼迦前書 4

Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version

令上帝满意的生活

4 兄弟们，现在我要告诉你们另外一些事。你们做为主耶稣的信徒，我们请求和督促过你们并教导过你们如何生活会令上帝喜悦，（你们也的确在这样做），现在我们请求你们再接再励。 ²你们知道，我们是通过主耶稣的权威给你们下达指示的。 ³这是上帝的意愿，他要你们圣洁，摆脱不道德的性行为。 ⁴他要你们每一个人都学会用圣洁和荣誉的方式来支配自己的身体， ⁵而不要像不知道上帝的异教徒那样，放纵情欲。 ⁶他还希望你们所有的人，在这方面不要做对不起或欺骗兄弟的事情。正像我们警告过你们的那样，上帝将惩罚犯这种罪的人。 ⁷因为上帝召唤我们不是要我们生活在罪孽之中，而是要我们圣洁。 ⁸所以，抵制这些教导的人，不是在抵制人而是在抵制赋予你们圣灵的上帝。

⁹关于兄弟间的爱，不需要我们向你们写什么，因为上帝已经教导你们要彼此相爱。 ¹⁰实际上，你们在全马其顿地区的确是在这样对待兄弟的，但我们督促你们要再接再励。

¹¹把过和平安宁的生活看作是一种荣誉，要像我们吩咐你们的那样，关心自己份内的工作，用自己的双手工作。 ¹²这样，非信徒会尊重你们的生活方式，而且，你们也不用依赖他人给你们提供所需的东西。

主即将来临

¹³兄弟们，我们希望你们了解那些死者的情况，免得你们像其余没有盼望的人一样悲伤和失望。 ¹⁴既然我们相信耶稣死后又复活了，那么，我们也相信上帝将会使那些信仰过耶稣的死者与他一起复活。 ¹⁵我们现在告诉你们来自主的信息，当主再来时，我们这些活着的人绝对不会比那些死者先与主同在。 ¹⁶当响亮的命令伴随着大天使的声音和上帝的号角发出时，主将亲自从天而降。那些信仰过主的死者将会首先复活， ¹⁷然后我们这些活着的人才会与他一起被升到云端，在空中与主相会。从此我们将与主永远同在。 ¹⁸用这些话互相鼓励吧。

1 Thessalonians 4

King James Version

4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

²For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

³For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

⁴That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

⁶That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

⁷For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

⁸He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁹But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

¹⁰And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹³But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

¹⁶For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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; ²for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

³For 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; ⁶that 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. ⁷For 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

⁹But 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; ¹⁰and 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; ¹¹that 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

¹³But 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. ¹⁴For ^(V)if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him ^(W)those who ^[c]sleep in Jesus.

¹⁵For 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. ¹⁶For ^(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.