1 Thessalonicher 1
Hoffnung für Alle
Der vorbildliche Glaube der Thessalonicher (Kapitel 1)
Anschrift und Gruß
1 Paulus, Silvanus und Timotheus schreiben diesen Brief an die Gemeinde in Thessalonich, die zu Gott, dem Vater, und zu dem Herrn Jesus Christus gehört. Wir wünschen euch Gottes Gnade und seinen Frieden.
Ein Glaube in Wort und Tat
2 Wir danken Gott immer wieder für euch alle. Jedes Mal wenn wir beten, denken wir auch an euch. 3 Vor Gott, unserem Vater, erinnern wir uns, mit welcher Selbstverständlichkeit ihr euren Glauben in die Tat umsetzt, zu welchem unermüdlichen Einsatz ihr aus Liebe bereit seid und wie standhaft euch die Hoffnung auf das Kommen unseres Herrn Jesus Christus macht.
4 Gott liebt euch, liebe Brüder und Schwestern, und wir wissen, dass er euch erwählt hat. 5 Denn als wir euch die rettende Botschaft verkündeten, da wirkte Gott nicht allein durch unsere Worte, sondern mit seiner ganzen Kraft. Sein Heiliger Geist stand uns bei und gab uns von Anfang an die Gewissheit, dass unsere Predigt bei euch nicht ins Leere gehen würde. Ihr wisst ja selbst, wie wir uns verhielten, während wir bei euch waren: Bei allem, was wir taten, ging es uns nur um euch.
6 Nun seid ihr unserem Beispiel und dem unseres Herrn gefolgt. Und obwohl ihr deswegen viel leiden musstet, habt ihr Gottes Botschaft mit einer solchen Freude aufgenommen, wie sie nur der Heilige Geist schenken kann. 7 So seid ihr für die Christen in ganz Mazedonien und in der Provinz Achaja zum Vorbild geworden.
8 Aber nicht nur dort hat sich die Botschaft des Herrn durch euch verbreitet, auch an allen anderen Orten spricht man von eurem Glauben, so dass wir darüber nichts mehr berichten müssen. 9 Im Gegenteil! Überall erzählt man, wie freundlich ihr uns aufgenommen habt, dass ihr nicht länger die toten Götzen anbetet, sondern zu dem lebendigen, wahren Gott umgekehrt seid und ihm allein dient. 10 Und so wartet ihr nun auf seinen Sohn, auf Jesus, den er von den Toten auferweckt hat und der für alle sichtbar vom Himmel kommen wird. Er allein rettet uns vor Gottes Zorn im kommenden Gericht.
1 Thessalonians 1
English Standard Version
Greeting
1 Paul, (A)Silvanus, and Timothy,
To the church of the (B)Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
(C)Grace to you and peace.
The Thessalonians' Faith and Example
2 (D)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly[a] (E)mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before (F)our God and Father (G)your work of faith and labor of (H)love and (I)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, (J)brothers[b] loved by God, (K)that he has chosen you, 5 because (L)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (M)in the Holy Spirit and with full (N)conviction. You know (O)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And (P)you became imitators of us (Q)and of the Lord, for (R)you received the word in much affliction, (S)with the (T)joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord (U)sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth (V)everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (W)reception we had among you, and how (X)you turned to God (Y)from idols to serve the living and (Z)true God, 10 and (AA)to wait for his Son (AB)from heaven, (AC)whom he raised from the dead, Jesus (AD)who delivers us from (AE)the wrath to come.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Or without ceasing
- 1 Thessalonians 1:4 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
1 Thessalonians 1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
I. Address
Chapter 1
Greeting. 1 [a](A)Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace.
Thanksgiving for Their Faith. 2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly(B) 3 calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope[b] of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, 4 knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen.(C) 5 For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and [with] much conviction. You know what sort of people we were [among] you for your sake.(D) 6 And you became imitators[c] of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit, 7 so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.(E) 8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and [in] Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.(F) 9 For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God(G) 10 and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from [the] dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.(H)
Footnotes
- 1:1 On the address, see note on Rom 1:1–7.
- 1:3 Faith…love…hope: this, along with 1 Thes 5:8, is the earliest mention in Christian literature of the three “theological virtues” (see 1 Cor 13:13). The order here stresses eschatological hope, in line with the letter’s emphasis on the Lord’s second, triumphal coming, or parousia (1 Thes 1:10; 2:12, 19; 3:13; 4:13–5:11; 5:23).
- 1:6 Imitators: the Pauline theme of “imitation” (see 1 Thes 2:14; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1; 2 Thes 3:9) is rooted in Paul’s view of solidarity in Christ through sharing in Jesus’ cross and in the Spirit of the risen Lord.
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