Thessalonicenses I 4
1 de cetero ergo fratres rogamus vos et obsecramus in Domino Iesu ut quemadmodum accepistis a nobis quomodo vos oporteat ambulare et placere Deo sicut et ambulatis ut abundetis magis
As to what remains therefore, my brethren, we intreat and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received instructions from us, how ye ought to walk and to please God, ye would abound therein more and more.
2 scitis enim quae praecepta dederimus vobis per Dominum Iesum
For ye know what commandments we gave you from the Lord Jesus.
3 haec est enim voluntas Dei sanctificatio vestra
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification: that ye should abstain from fornication,
4 ut abstineatis vos a fornicatione ut sciat unusquisque vestrum suum vas possidere in sanctificatione et honore
and that every one of you should possess his vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 non in passione desiderii sicut et gentes quae ignorant Deum
not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.
6 ut ne quis supergrediatur neque circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum quoniam vindex est Dominus de his omnibus sicut et praediximus vobis et testificati sumus
That no one over-reach, or wrong his brother in any thing: because the Lord is an avenger of all such crimes, as we also told you before, and testified to you.
7 non enim vocavit nos Deus in inmunditia sed in sanctificatione
For God hath not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 itaque qui spernit non hominem spernit sed Deum qui etiam dedit Spiritum suum Sanctum in vobis
He therefore who rejecteth us, rejecteth not man, but God; who hath given us his holy Spirit.
9 de caritate autem fraternitatis non necesse habemus scribere vobis ipsi enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis invicem
But as to brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 etenim facitis illud in omnes fratres in universa Macedonia rogamus autem vos fratres ut abundetis magis
And indeed ye do it to all the brethren, that are in all Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound in it more and more:
11 et operam detis ut quieti sitis et ut vestrum negotium agatis et operemini manibus vestris sicut praecepimus vobis
and endeavour to be quiet, and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands,
12 et ut honeste ambuletis ad eos qui foris sunt et nullius aliquid desideretis
as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.
13 nolumus autem vos ignorare fratres de dormientibus ut non contristemini sicut et ceteri qui spem non habent
But I would not have you ignorant, my brethren, concerning those that are fallen asleep, that ye may not be grieved like others who have no hope:
14 si enim credimus quod Iesus mortuus est et resurrexit ita et Deus eos qui dormierunt per Iesum adducet cum eo
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also those, that sleep in Jesus, will God bring with Him.
15 hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo Domini quia nos qui vivimus qui residui sumus in adventum Domini non praeveniemus eos qui dormierunt
For this we tell you in the word of the Lord, that we who shall be living and remain to the coming of the Lord, shall not be before those that are asleep.
16 quoniam ipse Dominus in iussu et in voce archangeli et in tuba Dei descendet de caelo et mortui qui in Christo sunt resurgent primi
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper cum Domino erimus
then we who are living and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we for ever be with the Lord.
18 itaque consolamini invicem in verbis istis
Therefore comfort one another with these words.
