1 Thessalonians 4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, brothers and sisters,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication; 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body[b] in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister[c] in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you. 7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters,[d] you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; 10 and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters[e] throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, beloved,[f] to do so more and more, 11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you, 12 so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and be dependent on no one.
The Coming of the Lord
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters,[g] about those who have died,[h] so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.[i] 15 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died.[j] 16 For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Gk brothers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or how to take a wife for himself
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 Gk brother
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Gk brothers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10 Gk brothers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:10 Gk brothers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Gk brothers
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Gk fallen asleep
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Gk fallen asleep
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Gk fallen asleep
1 Thessalonians 4
Good News Translation
A Life That Pleases God
4 Finally, our friends, you learned from us how you should live in order to please God. This is, of course, the way you have been living. And now we beg and urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to do even more. 2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality. 4 Each of you should know how to live with your wife[a] in a holy and honorable way, 5 not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God. 6 In this matter, then, none of you should do wrong to other Christians or take advantage of them. We have told you this before, and we strongly warned you that the Lord will punish those who do that. 7 God did not call us to live in immorality, but in holiness. 8 So then, whoever rejects this teaching is not rejecting a human being, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 There is no need to write you about love for each other. You yourselves have been taught by God how you should love one another. 10 And you have, in fact, behaved like this toward all the believers in all of Macedonia. So we beg you, our friends, to do even more. 11 Make it your aim to live a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to earn your own living, just as we told you before. 12 In this way you will win the respect of those who are not believers, and you will not have to depend on anyone for what you need.
The Lord's Coming
13 Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.
15 (A)What we are teaching you now is the Lord's teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go ahead of those who have died. 16 (B)There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first; 17 then we who are living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 18 So then, encourage one another with these words.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4 live with your wife; or control your body.
1 Thessalonikerbrevet 4
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Hur en kristen ska leva
1-2 Kära bröder, låt mig tillägga detta: Ni vet redan hur man lever till Guds ära i det dagliga livet, för ni känner till de bud vi gav er från Herren Jesus. Nu ber vi er, ja, vi vädjar till er i Herrens Jesu namn, att ni ska leva mer och mer efter detta ideal.
3-4 Gud vill nämligen att ni ska vara heliga och rena och att ni ska hålla er borta från all sexuell synd. Var och en av er ska leva tillsammans med sin hustru och respektera och ära henne,
5 och inte leva i begär och lidelser, som de människor gör som inte känner Gud och hans vägar.
6 Det är också Guds vilja att ni aldrig bedrar någon på detta område genom att ta en annan mans hustru, för Herren straffar sådana handlingar, vilket vi också tidigare klart och tydligt har låtit er få veta.
7 Gud har ju inte kallat oss till ett liv fyllt av begär och smutsiga tankar, utan till att vara heliga och rena.
8 Om någon vägrar att leva enligt dessa regler, så är han inte olydig mot människors bud, utan mot Gud som ger er sin helige Ande.
9 När det gäller den rena, broderliga kärlek som bör finnas bland Guds folk, behöver jag inte säga mycket. Det är jag övertygad om, för Gud själv har lärt er att älska varandra!
10 Er kärlek till alla de kristna bröderna i hela Makedonien har redan vuxit sig stark. Trots det, kära vänner, ber vi er att älska dem mer och mer.
11 Sätt er ära i att leva ett stilla liv, att klara era egna angelägenheter och att sköta ert arbete, precis som vi tidigare har sagt.
12 Detta får till följd att människor som inte är kristna kommer att lita på er och respektera er, och ni blir inte beroende av hjälp från andra.
Glöm inte bort hoppet om uppståndelse
13 Och nu, kära bröder, vill jag att ni ska veta vad som händer med en kristen efter döden, för att ni inte ska bli förlamade av sorg som de människor blir som inte har något hopp.
14 Och vi tror att Gud också vill föra alla som har dött i tron på Kristus, tillbaka till livet tillsammans med honom som har uppstått från döden.
15 Jag kan säga er detta direkt från Herren: Vi som fortfarande lever när Herren kommer tillbaka ska inte möta honom före de döda, som är i sina gravar.
16 Herren själv ska komma ner från himlen, och man ska höra ett dånande kommandorop och ljudet av en överängels röst och Guds mäktiga basun. Och de kristna som har dött i tron på Herren blir då de första som får möta honom.
17 Sedan ska vi, som fortfarande lever och finns kvar på jorden, ryckas upp tillsammans med dem i skyn, för att möta Herren i rymden, och sedan för alltid vara med honom.
18 Trösta och uppmuntra varandra med dessa glada nyheter.
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