1 Thessalonians 4:13 — 1 Thessalonians 5:28

13 But we do not want you to be ^aignorant, brothers, concerning those who are ¹sleeping, that you would not grieve even as also the rest who have ^bno hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and ^arose, so also ^bthose who have fallen asleep through Jesus, God will bring ^cwith Him.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who are left remaining unto the ^1acoming of the Lord, shall by no means precede those who have fallen asleep;

16 Because the Lord Himself, with a ^1ashout of command, with the voice of the ^barchangel and with the ^2ctrumpet of God, will descend from ^dheaven, and the ^edead in Christ will ^frise first.

17 Then we who are living, who are left remaining, will be ^1acaught up together ^bwith them in the ^cclouds to meet the Lord ²in the air; and thus we will be always with the Lord.

18 Therefore comfort ^aone another with these words.

CHAPTER 5

1 But concerning the ^1atimes and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anything to be ^bwritten to you;

2 For you yourselves know perfectly well that ¹like a ^athief in the ^bnight, so the ^2cday of the Lord comes.

3 When they say, ^aPeace and security, then ¹sudden ^bdestruction comes upon them, just as birth ^cpangs to a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape.

4 But you, brothers, are not in ^adarkness that the day should overtake you like a thief;

5 For you are all sons of ^alight and sons of the ^bday. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

6 So then let us not ^1asleep, as the rest do, but let us ^2bwatch and be ^csober.

7 For those who sleep, sleep during the ^anight, and those who get ^1bdrunk are drunk during the night;

8 But since we are of the ^aday, let us be ^bsober, putting on the ¹breastplate of ^cfaith and love and a ^1dhelmet, the ²hope of ³salvation.

9 For God did ¹not ^aappoint us to ^bwrath but to the obtaining of ^2csalvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

10 Who ^1adied for us in order that whether we ²watch or ³sleep, we may ^blive together ⁴with Him.

11 Therefore comfort ^aone another, and ^bbuild up each one the other, even as you also do.

12 Furthermore we ask you, brothers, to ^1aacknowledge ²those who labor among you and ³take the ^blead among you in the Lord and admonish you,

13 And to ^1aregard them most highly in ^blove because of their work. Be ²at ^cpeace among yourselves.

14 And we ^aexhort you, brothers, Admonish the ^1bdisorderly, console the ^2cfainthearted, sustain the ^3dweak, be ^4elong-suffering toward all.

15 See that no one repays anyone ^aevil for evil, but ¹always pursue what is ^bgood both for ^cone another and for all.

16 ¹Always ^arejoice,

17 ¹Unceasingly ^apray,

18 ¹In everything give ^athanks; ²for this is the ^bwill of God in Christ Jesus for you.

19 Do ¹not quench the ^aSpirit;

20 Do not ¹despise ²prophecies,

21 But ¹prove all things. Hold fast to what is ^agood;

22 ^aAbstain from every ¹kind of evil.

23 ¹And the ²God of ^apeace Himself ^3bsanctify you ⁴wholly, and may your ^5cspirit and ^dsoul and ^ebody be ^fpreserved ⁶complete, ^gwithout blame, ⁷at the ^8hcoming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24 ^aFaithful is He who ^bcalls you, who ¹also will ^cdo it.

25 Brothers, ^apray also for us.

26 Greet all the brothers with a holy ^akiss.

27 I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter ^aread to all the ¹brothers.

28 The ^1agrace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

1 Thessalonians 3:7 — 1 Thessalonians 4:12

7 Because of this we were ^1acomforted because of you, brothers, in all our ²necessity and affliction, through your ^bfaith;

8 Because now we ¹live if you ^2astand firm in the Lord.

9 For what ^athanks can we return to God concerning you for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,

10 Night and day petitioning exceedingly so that we may ^asee your face and ¹complete the things that are lacking in your ^bfaith?

11 Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus ^1amake straight our path to you;

12 And the Lord cause you to increase and ^aabound in ^1blove to ^cone another and to all, just as we also to you,

13 ¹So that He may ^aestablish your ²hearts ^bblameless in ^3choliness before our God and Father at the ^4dcoming of our Lord Jesus ^ewith all His ⁵saints.

CHAPTER 4

1 Furthermore, brothers, we ask and ^aexhort you in the Lord Jesus that even as you received from us how you ought to walk and ^bplease God, even as indeed you do walk, that you ^cabound still more.

2 For you know what ^acharges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the ^awill of God, your ^1bsanctification: that you ^cabstain from ^2dfornication;

4 That each one of you know how to ¹possess his ^aown ²vessel in ³sanctification and ^bhonor,

5 Not in the ^apassion of lust, like the ^bGentiles who do ^1cnot know God;

6 That no one ¹overstep and ²take advantage of his brother in ³the matter, because the Lord is the ^4aavenger concerning all ⁵these things, even as we also said before to you and solemnly charged.

7 For God has not ^acalled us ¹for ^2buncleanness but ³in ^4csanctification.

8 ¹Consequently, he who ²rejects, rejects not man but God, who also gives His ^3aHoly Spirit to you.

9 Now concerning ¹brotherly ^alove, you have no need for me to ^bwrite to you, for you yourselves are ^ctaught of God to ^2dlove one another;

10 For you also do this unto all the brothers in the whole of ^aMacedonia. But we ^bexhort you, brothers, to ^cabound still more

11 And to aspire to be ^aquiet and attend to your own affairs and work with your ^bhands, even as we ^ccharged you,

12 That you may walk ^abecomingly toward those ^boutside and may have ^cneed of nothing.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 — 1 Thessalonians 3:6

8 ^1aYearning in this way over you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also ^2bour own souls, because you became beloved to us.

9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail: While ^aworking night and day so as not to be ^bburdensome to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

10 You are witnesses, as well as ^aGod, how in a ¹holy and righteous and blameless manner we conducted ourselves toward you who believe,

11 Just as you know ¹how we were to each one of you, as a ^2afather to his own ^bchildren, ^3cexhorting you and consoling you and testifying,

12 So that you might ^awalk in a manner worthy of God, who ^1bcalls you into His own ^2ckingdom and ^3dglory.

13 And because of this we also ^athank God unceasingly that when you received ¹the word of God, which you heard ²from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but even as it truly is, the word of God, which also ³operates in you who believe.

14 For you, brothers, became ^1aimitators of the ^bchurches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they also from the Jews,

15 Who both ^akilled the Lord Jesus and the ^bprophets and ^cdrove us out; and they are not pleasing to God and are contrary to all men,

16 In that they forbid us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so that they ^afill up their sins always. But wrath has come upon them to the ¹uttermost.

17 But we, brothers, having been ¹bereaved of you for ²a little while, in presence, ^anot in heart, were more abundantly ³eager with great ^bdesire to see your face.

18 Therefore we wanted to come to you, indeed I Paul, both once and again, yet ¹Satan ^ahindered us.

19 For what is our ^ahope or ^bjoy or crown of ^cboasting before our Lord Jesus at His ^1dcoming? Are not even you?

20 For you are our ¹glory and joy.

CHAPTER 3

1 Therefore when we could ^abear it no longer, we thought it good to be left in ^1bAthens alone,

2 And we sent ^aTimothy, our brother and ¹God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to ^bestablish and ²encourage you for the sake of your ^cfaith,

3 That no one would be ¹shaken by these ^aafflictions; for you yourselves know that we are ^2bappointed for this.

4 For even when we were with you, we ¹told you beforehand that we are to be afflicted, even as it also came to pass and you know.

5 Because of this, when I also could ^abear it no longer, I sent to find out concerning your ^bfaith, lest perhaps the ^1ctempter had tempted you and our labor would be ^2din vain.

6 But ^aTimothy, having just come ¹to us from you and announcing the good news to us of your ^bfaith and love and that you have kind ^cremembrance of us always and ^dlong to see us, just as we also you,