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1 Thessalonians 4
New International Version
1 Thessalonians 4
New International Version
Living to Please God
4 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. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will(D) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(E) 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](F) in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust(G) like the pagans,(H) who do not know God;(I) 6 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. 7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(M) 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(N)
9 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 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
- 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.
帖撒羅尼迦前書 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
帖撒羅尼迦前書 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝喜悅的生活
4 最後，弟兄姊妹，既然你們領受了我們的教導，知道怎樣行才能討上帝的喜悅，如你們現在所行的，我們靠著主耶穌懇求、勸勉你們要更加努力。 2 你們都知道我們靠著主耶穌傳給你們的誡命。 3 上帝的旨意是要你們聖潔，遠避淫亂的事， 4 要你們人人都知道持守身體的聖潔和尊貴， 5 不可荒淫縱慾，像那些不認識上帝的外族人一樣。 6 你們在這種事上不可越軌，虧負弟兄姊妹。我們曾經對你們說過，並且鄭重地警告過你們，主必懲治犯這種罪的人。 7 因為上帝呼召我們不是要我們沾染污穢，而是要我們聖潔。 8 所以，人若拒絕遵行這命令，他不是拒絕人，而是拒絕賜聖靈給你們的上帝。
9 關於弟兄姊妹彼此相愛的事，我就不必多寫了，因為你們自己從上帝那裡領受了要彼此相愛的教導。 10 你們對馬其頓全境的弟兄姊妹已經做到了這一點。不過，我勸各位要再接再厲。 11 你們要立志過安分守己的生活，親手做工，正如我們以前吩咐你們的。 12 這樣，你們可以得到外人的尊敬，不必依賴任何人。
復活的盼望
13 弟兄姊妹，關於安息的信徒[a]，我不願意你們一無所知，免得你們像那些沒有盼望的人一樣悲傷。 14 我們既然相信耶穌死了，又復活了，也要相信上帝必把那些安息的信徒和耶穌一同帶來。
15 我們把主耶穌的話告訴你們：主再來的那天，我們還活著的人不會比已安息的信徒先見到主。 16 因為主必在號令聲、天使長的呼喊聲和上帝的號角聲中親自從天降臨，已經離世的基督徒必先復活。 17 然後，我們還活著的人要和他們一起被提到雲裡，在空中與主相會，永遠和主在一起。 18 所以你們要用這些話彼此鼓勵。
Footnotes
- 4·13 「安息的信徒」希臘文是「睡了的人」，聖經常用「睡了」作為「死了」的委婉說法，參見約翰福音十一章11—14節。
1 Thesalonikasve 4
Albanian Bible
1 Thesalonikasve 4
Albanian Bible
4 Sa për të tjerat, pra, vëllezër, ju lutemi dhe ju bëjmë thirrje në Zotin Jezus që, sikundër morët prej nesh se si duhet të ecni për t’i pëlqyer Perëndisë, kështu të teproni edhe më shumë.
2 Sepse ju e dini se ç’urdhërime ju lamë nga ana e Zotit Jezus.
3 Sepse ky është vullneti i Perëndisë: shenjtërimi juaj; të hiqni dorë nga kurvëria;
4 që secili prej jush të dijë ta mbajë enën e vet në shenjtëri dhe me nder,
5 jo me pasione epshi, si johebre që nuk e njohin Perëndinë,
6 dhe që askush të mos mashtrojë ose t’ia hedhë në punë vëllait të vet, sepse Perëndia është hakmarrësi për të gjitha këto gjëra, sikurse edhe ju thamë më parë dhe e dëshmuam.
7 Sepse Perëndia nuk na thirri në ndyrësi, por në shenjtërim.
8 Prandaj ai që i përbuz këto gjëra, nuk përbuz një njeri, por Perëndinë që ju dha edhe Frymën e tij të Shenjtë.
9 Sa për dashurinë vëllazërore, nuk keni nevojë që t’ju shkruaj, sepse ju vetë jeni të mësuar nga Perëndia që të doni njeri tjetrin.
10 Sepse ju e bëni këtë ndaj gjithë vëllezërve që janë në gjithë Maqedoninë; por ne ju bëjmë thirrje, vëllezër, që në këtë të shtohemi edhe më shumë.
11 dhe të përpiqeni me kujdes të jetoni në paqe, të merreni me gjërat tuaja dhe të punoni me duart tuaja, ashtu si ju kemi urdhëruar,
12 që të silleni me nder ndaj atyre që janë jashtë dhe të mos keni nevojë për asgjë.
13 Tashmë, vëllezër, nuk duam që të jeni në mosdije përsa u përket atyre që flenë, që të mos trishtoheni si të tjerët që nuk kanë shpresë.
14 Sepse, po të besojmë se Jezusi vdiq dhe u ringjall, besojmë gjithashtu që Perëndia do të sjellë me të, me anë të Jezusit, ata që kanë fjetur.
15 Dhe këtë po jua themi me fjalën e Zotit: ne të gjallët, që do të mbetemi deri në ardhjen e Zotit, nuk do të jemi përpara atyre që kanë fjetur,
16 sepse Zoti vetë, me një urdhër, me zë kryeengjëlli dhe me borinë e Perëndisë, do të zbresë nga qielli dhe ata që vdiqën në Krishtin do të ringjallen të parët;
17 pastaj ne të gjallët, që do të kemi mbetur, do të rrëmbehemi bashkë me ata mbi retë, për të dalë përpara Zotit në ajër; dhe kështu do të jemi përherë bashkë me Zotin.
18 Ngushëlloni, pra, njëri-tjetrin me këto fjalë.
1 Thessalonians 4
Easy-to-Read Version
1 Thessalonians 4
Easy-to-Read Version
A Life That Pleases God
4 Brothers and sisters, now I have some other things to tell you. We taught you how to live in a way that will please God. And you are living that way. Now we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way more and more. 2 You know all that we told you to do by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 God wants you to be holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins. 4 God wants each one of you to learn to control your own body. Use your body in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God.[a] 5 Don’t let your sexual desires control you like the people who don’t know God. 6 Never wrong any of your fellow believers or cheat them in this way. The Lord will punish those who do that. We have already told you this and warned you about it. 7 God chose us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin. 8 So anyone who refuses to obey this teaching is refusing to obey God, not us. And God is the one who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 We don’t need to write to you about having love for your brothers and sisters in Christ. God has already taught you to love each other. 10 In fact, you love all the believers in Macedonia. We encourage you now, brothers and sisters, to show your love more and more.
11 Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Mind your own business, and earn your own living, as we told you before. 12 If you do these things, then those who are not believers will respect the way you live. And you will not have to depend on others for what you need.
The Lord’s Coming
13 Brothers and sisters, we want you to know about those who have died. We don’t want you to be sad like other people—those who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died, but we also believe that he rose again. So we believe that God will raise to life through Jesus any who have died and bring them together with him when he comes.
15 What we tell you now is the Lord’s own message. Those of us who are still living when the Lord comes again will join him, but not before those who have already died. 16 The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. And the people who have died and were in Christ will rise first. 17 After that we who are still alive at that time will be gathered up with those who have died. We will be taken up in the clouds and meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with the Lord forever. 18 So encourage each other with these words.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or “God wants each of you to learn to live with your wife in a way that is holy and that gives honor to God.”
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