Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.
May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.
I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.
And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.
I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,
And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.
And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;
Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.
And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And this she did on a number of days. But Paul was greatly troubled and, turning, said to the spirit, I give you orders in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:
For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.
And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
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