PROS QESSALONIKEIS A
La première Épître de Paul l'Apôtre aux Thessaloniciens
Chapître 4
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- to loipon oun adelfoi erwtwmen umaV kai parakaloumen en kuriw ihsou kaqwV parelabete par hmwn to pwV dei umaV peripatein kai areskein qew ina perisseuhte mallon
4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.
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- oidate gar tinaV paraggeliaV edwkamen umin dia tou kuriou ihsou
4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
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- touto gar estin qelhma tou qeou o agiasmoV umwn apecesqai umaV apo thV porneiaV
4:3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
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- eidenai ekaston umwn to eautou skeuoV ktasqai en agiasmw kai timh
4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
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- mh en paqei epiqumiaV kaqaper kai ta eqnh ta mh eidota ton qeon
4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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- to mh uperbainein kai pleonektein en tw pragmati ton adelfon autou dioti ekdikoV o kurioV peri pantwn toutwn kaqwV kai proeipamen umin kai diemarturameqa
4:6 That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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- ou gar ekalesen hmaV o qeoV epi akaqarsia all en agiasmw
4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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- toigaroun o aqetwn ouk anqrwpon aqetei alla ton qeon ton kai donta to pneuma autou to agion eiV hmaV
4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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- peri de thV filadelfiaV ou creian ecete grafein umin autoi gar umeiV qeodidaktoi este eiV to agapan allhlouV
4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
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- kai gar poieite auto eiV pantaV touV adelfouV touV en olh th makedonia parakaloumen de umaV adelfoi perisseuein mallon
4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
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- kai filotimeisqai hsucazein kai prassein ta idia kai ergazesqai taiV idiaiV cersin umwn kaqwV umin parhggeilamen
4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
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- ina peripathte euschmonwV proV touV exw kai mhdenoV creian echte
4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.
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- ou qelw de umaV agnoein adelfoi peri twn kekoimhmenwn ina mh luphsqe kaqwV kai oi loipoi oi mh econteV elpida
4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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- ei gar pisteuomen oti ihsouV apeqanen kai anesth outwV kai o qeoV touV koimhqentaV dia tou ihsou axei sun autw
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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- touto gar umin legomen en logw kuriou oti hmeiV oi zwnteV oi perileipomenoi eiV thn parousian tou kuriou ou mh fqaswmen touV koimhqentaV
4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
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- oti autoV o kurioV en keleusmati en fwnh arcaggelou kai en salpiggi qeou katabhsetai ap ouranou kai oi nekroi en cristw anasthsontai prwton
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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- epeita hmeiV oi zwnteV oi perileipomenoi ama sun autoiV arpaghsomeqa en nefelaiV eiV apanthsin tou kuriou eiV aera kai outwV pantote sun kuriw esomeqa
4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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- wste parakaleite allhlouV en toiV logoiV toutoiV
4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.