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Weymouth + +Posting Date: March 14, 2015 [EBook #8840] +Release Date: September, 2005 +First Posted: August 25, 2003 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WEYMOUTH NEW TESTAMENT--1 THESSALONIANS *** + + + + +Produced by Martin Ward + + + + + + + + + +Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 1 Thessalonians + +Third Edition 1913 + + + +R. F. Weymouth + + + + + +Book 52 1 Thessalonians + +001:001 Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians + which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. + May grace and peace be granted to you. + +001:002 We continually give thanks to God because of you all, + while we make mention of you in our prayers. + +001:003 For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours + of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our + Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father; + +001:004 knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God + and that He has chosen you. + +001:005 The Good News that we brought you did not come to you + in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit + and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we + became among you, as examples for your sakes. + +001:006 And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, + after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, + and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives, + +001:007 so that you became a pattern to all the believers throughout + Macedonia and Greece. + +001:008 For it was not only from you that the Master's Message sounded + forth throughout Macedonia and Greece; but everywhere your + faith in God has become known, so that it is unnecessary + for us to say anything about it. + +001:009 For when others speak of us they report the reception we + had from you, and how you turned from your idols to God, + to be bondservants of the true and ever-living God, + +001:010 and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He + raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from + God's coming anger. + +002:001 For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did + not fail of its purpose. + +002:002 But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering + and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help + of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition. + +002:003 For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor prompted + by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it. + +002:004 But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with + His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please + men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives. + +002:005 For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language + of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves-- + God is our witness; + +002:006 nor did we seek glory either from you or from any other mere men, + although we might have stood on our dignity as Christ's Apostles. + +002:007 On the contrary, in our relations to you we showed ourselves as + gentle as a mother is when she tenderly nurses her own children. + +002:008 Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, + it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not + only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, + because you had become very dear to us. + +002:009 For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night + and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, + we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News. + +002:010 You yourselves are witnesses--and God is witness--how holy + and upright and blameless our dealings with you believers were. + +002:011 For you know that we acted towards every one of you as a father + does towards his own children, encouraging and cheering you, + +002:012 and imploring you to live lives worthy of fellowship with God + who is inviting you to share His own Kingship and glory. + +002:013 And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, + that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was + as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as-- + what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work + in the hearts of you who believe. + +002:014 For you, brethren, followed the example of the Churches of God + in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea; seeing that you endured + the same ill-treatment at the hands of your countrymen, + as they did at the hands of the Jews. + +002:015 Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, + and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, + and are the enemies of all mankind; + +002:016 for they still try to prevent our preaching to the Gentiles + so that they may find salvation. They thus continually fill + up the measure of their own sins, and God's anger in its + severest form has overtaken them. + +002:017 But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated + from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, + endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, + to see you face to face. + +002:018 On this account we wanted to come to you--at least I Paul + wanted again and again to do so--but Satan hindered us. + +002:019 For what is our hope or joy, or the crown of which we boast? + Is it not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus + at His Coming? + +002:020 Yes, you are our glory and our joy. + +003:001 So when we could endure it no longer, we decided to remain + behind in Athens alone; + +003:002 and sent Timothy our brother and God's minister in the service + of Christ's Good News, that he might help you spiritually + and encourage you in your faith; + +003:003 that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: + for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot. + +003:004 For even when we were with you, we forewarned you, saying, + "We are soon to suffer affliction;" and this actually happened, + as you well know. + +003:005 For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure + the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, + lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our + labour have been lost. + +003:006 But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, + and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, + and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate + recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long + to see you-- + +003:007 for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been + comforted about you, brethren, by your faith. + +003:008 For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing + fast in the Lord. + +003:009 For what thanksgiving on your behalf can we possibly offer + to God in return for all the joy which fills our souls before + our God for you, + +003:010 while night and day, with intense earnestness, we pray that we + may see your faces, and may bring to perfection whatever + may be still lacking in your faith? + +003:011 But may our God and Father Himself--and our Lord Jesus-- + guide us on our way to you; + +003:012 and as for you, may the Lord teach you to love one another + and all men, with a growing and a glowing love, resembling our + love for you. + +003:013 Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be + faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at + the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones. + +004:001 Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives + which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, + we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live + them more and more truly. + +004:002 For you know the commands which we laid upon you by the authority + of the Lord Jesus. + +004:003 For this is God's will--your purity of life, that you + abstain from fornication; + +004:004 that each man among you shall know how to procure a wife + who shall be his own in purity and honour; + +004:005 that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles + who have no knowledge of God; + +004:006 and that in this matter there be no encroaching on the + rights of a brother Christian and no overreaching him. + For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have + already taught you and solemnly warned you. + +004:007 God has not called us to an unclean life, but to one of purity. + +004:008 Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man + but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts. + +004:009 But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary + for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught + by God to love one another; + +004:010 and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. + And we exhort you to do so more and more, + +004:011 and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, + every one minding his own business and working with his hands, + as we ordered you to do: + +004:012 so as to live worthy lives in relation to outsiders, and not + be a burden to any one. + +004:013 Now, concerning those who from time to time pass away, + we would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, lest you + should mourn as others do who have no hope. + +004:014 For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, + we also believe that, through Jesus, God will bring with Him + those who shall have passed away. + +004:015 For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority-- + that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming + of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall + have previously passed away. + +004:016 For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word + of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, + and the dead in Christ will rise first. + +004:017 Afterwards we who are alive and are still on earth will be caught + up in their company amid clouds to meet the Lord in the air. + +004:018 And so we shall be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage + one another with these words. + +005:001 But as to times and dates it is unnecessary that anything + be written to you. + +005:002 For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord + comes like a thief in the night. + +005:003 While they are saying "Peace and safety!" then in a moment + destruction falls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman + who is with child; and escape there is none. + +005:004 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that daylight should + surprise you like a thief; + +005:005 for all of you are sons of Light and sons of the day. + We belong neither to the night nor to darkness. + +005:006 So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let + us keep awake and be sober. + +005:007 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, + drink at night. + +005:008 But let us, belonging--as we do--to the day, be sober, + putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet + the hope of salvation. + +005:009 For God has not pre-destined us to meet His anger, but to obtain + salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ; + +005:010 who died on our behalf, so that whether we are awake or are + sleeping we may share His Life. + +005:011 Therefore encourage one another, and let each one help + to strengthen his friend, as in fact you do. + +005:012 Now we beg you, brethren, to show respect for those who + labour among you and are your leaders in Christian work, + and are your advisers; + +005:013 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. + Be at peace among yourselves. + +005:014 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, + sustain the weak, and be patient towards all. + +005:015 See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; + but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one + another and to all the world. + +005:016 Be always joyful. + +005:017 Be unceasing in prayer. + +005:018 In every circumstance of life be thankful; for this is God's + will in Christ Jesus respecting you. + +005:019 Do not quench the Spirit. + +005:020 Do not think meanly of utterances of prophecy; + +005:021 but test all such, and retain hold of the good. + +005:022 Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil. + +005:023 And may God Himself who gives peace, make you entirely holy; + and may your spirits, souls and bodies be preserved complete + and be found blameless at the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. + +005:024 Faithful is He who calls you, and He will also perfect His work. + +005:025 Brethren, pray for us. + +005:026 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. + +005:027 I solemnly charge you in the Lord's name to have this Letter + read to all the brethren. + +005:028 May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. + + + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Weymouth New Testament in Modern +Speech, 1 Thessalonians, by R. 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