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Katapustapusan nga, mga kapatid, kayo'y aming pinamamanhikan at inaaralan sa Panginoong Jesus, na, ayon sa tinanggap ninyo sa amin, na kung paanong kayo'y dapat magsilakad at mangagbigay lugod sa Dios, na gaya ng inyong paglakad, upang kayo'y magsipanagana ng higit at higit.

Sapagka't talastas ninyo kung anong mga tagubilin ang ibinigay namin sa inyo sa pamamagitan ng Panginoong Jesus.

Sapagka't ito ang kalooban ng Dios, sa makatuwid baga'y ang inyong pagpapakabanal, na kayo'y magsiilag sa pakikiapid;

Na ang bawa't isa sa inyo'y makaalam na maging mapagpigil sa kaniyang sariling katawan sa pagpapakabanal at kapurihan,

Hindi sa pita ng kahalayan, na gaya ng mga Gentil na hindi nangakakakilala sa Dios;

Na sinoma'y huwag lumapastangan at magdaya sa kaniyang kapatid sa bagay na ito: sapagka't ang Panginoon ay mapaghiganti sa lahat ng mga bagay na ito, na gaya naman ng aming ipinatalastas nang una na sa inyo at pinatotohanan.

Sapagka't tayo'y tinawag ng Dios hindi sa ikarurumi, kundi sa pagpapakabanal.

Kaya't ang nagtatakuwil, hindi ang tao ang itinatakuwil, kundi ang Dios, na nagbibigay sa inyo ng kaniyang Espiritu Santo.

Datapuwa't tungkol sa pagiibigang kapatid ay hindi ninyo kailangan na kayo'y sulatan ng sinoman: sapagka't kayo rin ay tinuruan ng Dios na mangagibigan kayo sa isa't isa;

10 Sapagka't katotohanang ginagawa ninyo ang gayon sa lahat ng kapatid na nangasa buong Macedonia. Nguni't aming iniaaral sa inyo, mga kapatid, na kayo'y lalo't lalong magsipanagana.

11 At pagaralan ninyong maging matahimik, at gawin ang inyong sariling gawain, at kayo'y mangagpagal ng inyong sariling mga kamay, na gaya ng aming ipinagbilin sa inyo;

12 Upang kayo'y magsilakad ng nararapat sa nangasa labas, at huwag kayong maging mapagkailangan.

13 Nguni't hindi namin ibig na kayo'y di makaalam, mga kapatid, tungkol sa nangatutulog; upang kayo'y huwag mangalumbay, na gaya ng mga iba, na walang pagasa.

14 Sapagka't kung tayo'y nagsisisampalatayang si Jesus ay namatay at nabuhay na maguli, ay gayon din naman ang nangatutulog kay Jesus ay dadalhin ng Dios na kasama niya.

15 Sapagka't ito'y sinasabi namin sa inyo sa salita ng Panginoon, na tayong nangabubuhay, na nangatitira hanggang sa pagparito ng Panginoon, ay hindi tayo mangauuna sa anomang paraan sa nangatutulog.

16 Sapagka't ang Panginoon din ang bababang mula sa langit, na may isang sigaw, may tinig ng arkanghel, at may pakakak ng Dios: at ang nangamatay kay Cristo ay unang mangabubuhay na maguli;

17 Kung magkagayon, tayong nangabubuhay, na nangatitira, ay aagawing kasama nila sa mga alapaap, upang salubungin ang Panginoon sa hangin: at sa ganito'y sasa Panginoon tayo magpakailan man.

18 Kaya't mangagaliwan kayo sa isa't isa ng mga salitang ito.

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

It is God’s will(D) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(E) that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](F) in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust(G) like the pagans,(H) who do not know God;(I) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b](J) The Lord will punish(K) all those who commit such sins,(L) as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(M) Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(N)

Now about your love for one another(O) we do not need to write to you,(P) for you yourselves have been taught by God(Q) to love each other.(R) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(S) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(T) 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(U) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(V) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Believers Who Have Died

13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed(W) about those who sleep in death,(X) so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.(Y) 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,(Z) and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.(AA) 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,(AB) will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.(AC) 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(AD) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(AE) and with the trumpet call of God,(AF) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(AG) 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(AH) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(AI) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(AJ) forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another(AK) with these words.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.

Plea for Purity

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

For this is (C)the will of God, (D)your sanctification: (E)that you should abstain from sexual immorality; (F)that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, (G)not in passion of lust, (H)like the Gentiles (I)who do not know God; 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. For God did not call us to uncleanness, (K)but in holiness. (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

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. 1 Thessalonians 4:8 NU who also gives
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Died
  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Or through Jesus sleep
  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Dead