1 Tessalonicenses 2
Almeida Revista e Corrigida 2009
Como Paulo exerceu o seu ministério entre os tessalonicenses
2 Porque vós mesmos, irmãos, bem sabeis que a nossa entrada para convosco não foi vã; 2 mas, havendo primeiro padecido e sido agravados em Filipos, como sabeis, tornamo-nos ousados em nosso Deus, para vos falar o evangelho de Deus com grande combate. 3 Porque a nossa exortação não foi com engano, nem com imundícia, nem com fraudulência; 4 mas, como fomos aprovados de Deus para que o evangelho nos fosse confiado, assim falamos, não como para agradar aos homens, mas a Deus, que prova o nosso coração. 5 Porque, como bem sabeis, nunca usamos de palavras lisonjeiras, nem houve um pretexto de avareza; Deus é testemunha. 6 E não buscamos glória dos homens, nem de vós, nem de outros, ainda que podíamos, como apóstolos de Cristo, ser-vos pesados; 7 antes, fomos brandos entre vós, como a ama que cria seus filhos. 8 Assim nós, sendo-vos tão afeiçoados, de boa vontade quiséramos comunicar-vos, não somente o evangelho de Deus, mas ainda a nossa própria alma; porquanto nos éreis muito queridos. 9 Porque bem vos lembrais, irmãos, do nosso trabalho e fadiga; pois, trabalhando noite e dia, para não sermos pesados a nenhum de vós, vos pregamos o evangelho de Deus. 10 Vós e Deus sois testemunhas de quão santa, justa e irrepreensivelmente nos houvemos para convosco, os que crestes. 11 Assim como bem sabeis de que modo vos exortávamos e consolávamos, a cada um de vós, como o pai a seus filhos, 12 para que vos conduzísseis dignamente para com Deus, que vos chama para o seu reino e glória.
13 Pelo que também damos, sem cessar, graças a Deus, pois, havendo recebido de nós a palavra da pregação de Deus, a recebestes, não como palavra de homens, mas (segundo é, na verdade) como palavra de Deus, a qual também opera em vós, os que crestes. 14 Porque vós, irmãos, haveis sido feitos imitadores das igrejas de Deus que, na Judeia, estão em Jesus Cristo; porquanto também padecestes de vossos próprios concidadãos o mesmo que os judeus lhes fizeram a eles, 15 os quais também mataram o Senhor Jesus e os seus próprios profetas, e nos têm perseguido, e não agradam a Deus, e são contrários a todos os homens. 16 E nos impedem de pregar aos gentios as palavras da salvação, a fim de encherem sempre a medida de seus pecados; mas a ira de Deus caiu sobre eles até ao fim.
O desejo de Paulo de voltar a Tessalônica. Seu gozo e seus votos em vista das boas novas que Timóteo lhe trouxe
17 Nós, porém, irmãos, sendo privados de vós por um momento de tempo, de vista, mas não do coração, tanto mais procuramos com grande desejo ver o vosso rosto. 18 Pelo que bem quisemos, uma e outra vez, ir ter convosco, pelo menos eu, Paulo, mas Satanás no-lo impediu. 19 Porque qual é a nossa esperança, ou gozo, ou coroa de glória? Porventura, não o sois vós também diante de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo em sua vinda? 20 Na verdade, vós sois a nossa glória e gozo.
1 Thessalonians 2
New International Version
Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica
2 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you(A) was not without results.(B) 2 We had previously suffered(C) and been treated outrageously in Philippi,(D) as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.(E) 3 For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives,(F) nor are we trying to trick you.(G) 4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(H) We are not trying to please people(I) but God, who tests our hearts.(J) 5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed(K)—God is our witness.(L) 6 We were not looking for praise from people,(M) not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles(N) of Christ we could have asserted our authority.(O) 7 Instead, we were like young children[a] among you.
Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,(P) 8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God(Q) but our lives as well.(R) 9 Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked(S) night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone(T) while we preached the gospel of God to you. 10 You are witnesses,(U) and so is God,(V) of how holy,(W) righteous and blameless we were among you who believed. 11 For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,(X) 12 encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy(Y) of God, who calls(Z) you into his kingdom and glory.
13 And we also thank God continually(AA) because, when you received the word of God,(AB) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators(AC) of God’s churches in Judea,(AD) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people(AE) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews 15 who killed the Lord Jesus(AF) and the prophets(AG) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(AH) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(AI) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[b]
Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians
17 But, brothers and sisters, when we were orphaned by being separated from you for a short time (in person, not in thought),(AJ) out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you.(AK) 18 For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again—but Satan(AL) blocked our way.(AM) 19 For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown(AN) in which we will glory(AO) in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes?(AP) Is it not you? 20 Indeed, you are our glory(AQ) and joy.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Some manuscripts were gentle
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
1 Thessalonians 2
Lexham English Bible
Paul’s Approach to Ministry in Thessalonica
2 For you yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, just as you know, we had the courage in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. 3 For our exhortation is not from error or from impurity or with deceit, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, thus we speak, not as pleasing people but God, who examines our hearts. 5 For never[a] did we come with a word of flattery, just as you know, nor with a pretext of greediness (God is witness), 6 nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others. 7 Although we could have insisted on our own importance[b][c] as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8 Longing for you in this way, we determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become dear to us.
9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and hardship: working by night and day in order not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe, 11 just as you know how we treated each one of you, like a father his own children, 12 exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
The Thessalonians’ Response to Paul’s Message
13 And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that when you[d] received God’s word that you heard[e] from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe. 14 For you became imitators, brothers, of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you also suffered the same things at the hands of your own people, just as they themselves did also at the hands of the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and who are not pleasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that they always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.[f]
Paul’s Desire to Revisit the Thessalonians
17 But when[g] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for a short time[h] (in face, not in heart), we were even more eager with great desire to see your face, 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, on more than one occasion[i]—and Satan hindered us. 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of boasting? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Literally “for neither ever”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Literally “being able to be with a claim of importance”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Here the participle (“being able”) is understood as concessive
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“received”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Literally “of hearing”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or “has come upon them at last”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were made orphans by separation”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Literally “the time of an hour”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Literally “both once and twice”
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