1 Thessalonians 1

1	Paulus, et Silvanus, et Timotheus ecclesiæ Thessalonicensium in Deo Patre, et Domino Jesu Christo.	Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.
2	Gratia vobis, et pax. Gratias agimus Deo semper pro omnibus vobis, memoriam vestri facientes in orationibus nostris sine intermissione,	Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
3	memores operis fidei vestræ, et laboris, et caritatis, et sustinentiæ spei Domini nostri Jesu Christi, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum :	Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:
4	scientes, fratres dilecti a Deo, electionem vestram :	Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election:
5	quia Evangelium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermone tantum, sed et in virtute, et in Spiritu Sancto, et in plenitudine multa, sicut scitis quales fuerimus in vobis propter vos.	For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.
6	Et vos imitatores nostri facti estis, et Domini, excipientes verbum in tribulatione multa, cum gaudio Spiritus Sancti :	And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
7	ita ut facti sitis forma omnibus credentibus in Macedonia, et in Achaia.	So that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8	A vobis enim diffamatus est sermo Domini, non solum in Macedonia, et in Achaia, sed et in omni loco fides vestra, quæ est ad Deum, profecta est ita ut non sit nobis necesse quidquam loqui.	For from you was spread abroad the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia, and in Achaia, but also in every place, your faith which is towards God, is gone forth, so that we need not to speak any thing.
9	Ipsi enim de nobis annuntiant qualem introitum habuerimus ad vos : et quomodo conversi estis ad Deum a simulacris, servire Deo vivo, et vero,	For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.
10	et exspectare Filium ejus de cælis (quem suscitavit a mortuis) Jesum, qui eripuit nos ab ira ventura.	And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead,) Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 2

1	Nam ipsi scitis, fratres, introitum nostrum ad vos, quia non inanis fuit :	For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2	sed ante passi, et contumeliis affecti (sicut scitis) in Philippis, fiduciam habuimus in Deo nostro, loqui ad vos Evangelium Dei in multa sollicitudine.	But having suffered many things before, and been shamefully treated (as you know) at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, to speak unto you the gospel of God in much carefulness.
3	Exhortatio enim nostra non de errore, neque de immunditia, neque in dolo,	For our exhortation was not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deceit:
4	sed sicut probati sumus a Deo ut crederetur nobis Evangelium : ita loquimur non quasi hominibus placentes, sed Deo, qui probat corda nostra.	But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who proveth our hearts.
5	Neque enim aliquando fuimus in sermone adulationis, sicut scitis : neque in occasione avaritiæ : Deus testis est :	For neither have we used, at any time, the speech of flattery, as you know; nor taken an occasion of covetousness, God is witness:
6	nec quærentes ab hominibus gloriam, neque a vobis, neque ab aliis.	Nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others.
7	Cum possemus vobis oneri esse ut Christi apostoli : sed facti sumus parvuli in medio vestrum, tamquam si nutrix foveat filios suos.	Whereas we might have been burdensome to you, as the apostles of Christ: but we became little ones in the midst of you, as if a nurse should cherish her children:
8	Ita desiderantes vos, cupide volebamus tradere vobis non solum Evangelium Dei, sed etiam animas nostras : quoniam carissimi nobis facti estis.	So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.
9	Memores enim estis, fratres, laboris nostri, et fatigationis : nocte ac die operantes, ne quem vestrum gravaremus, prædicavimus in vobis Evangelium Dei.	For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God.
10	Vos testes estis, et Deus, quam sancte, et juste, et sine querela, vobis, qui credidistis, fuimus :	You are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and without blame, we have been to you that have believed:
11	sicut scitis, qualiter unumquemque vestrum (sicut pater filios suos)	As you know in what manner, entreating and comforting you, (as a father doth his children,)
12	deprecantes vos, et consolantes, testificati sumus, ut ambularetis digne Deo, qui vocavit vos in suum regnum et gloriam.	We testified to every one of you, that you would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13	Ideo et nos gratias agimus Deo sine intermissione : quoniam cum accepissetis a nobis verbum auditus Dei, accepistis illud, non ut verbum hominum, sed (sicut est vere) verbum Dei, qui operatur in vobis, qui credidistis :	Therefore, we also give thanks to God without ceasing: because, that when you had received of us the word of the hearing of God, you received it not as the word of men, but (as it is indeed) the word of God, who worketh in you that have believed.
14	vos enim imitatores facti estis, fratres, ecclesiarum Dei, quæ sunt in Judæa in Christo Jesu : quia eadem passi estis et vos a contribulibus vestris, sicut et ipsi a Judæis :	For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own coutrymen, even as they have from the Jews,
15	qui et Dominum occiderunt Jesum, et prophetas, et nos persecuti sunt, et Deo non placent, et omnibus hominibus adversantur,	Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men;
16	prohibentes nos gentibus loqui ut salvæ fiant, ut impleant peccata sua semper : pervenit enim ira Dei super illos usque in finem.	Prohibiting us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath of God is come upon them to the end.
17	Nos autem fratres desolati a vobis ad tempus horæ, aspectu, non corde, abundantius festinavimus faciem vestram videre cum multo desiderio :	But we, brethren, being taken away from you for a short time, in sight, not in heart, have hastened the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
18	quoniam voluimus venire ad vos, ego quidem Paulus, et semel, et iterum : sed impedivit nos Satanas.	For we would have come unto you, I Paul indeed, once and again: but Satan hath hindered us.
19	Quæ est enim nostra spes aut gaudium, aut corona gloriæ ? nonne vos ante Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum estis in adventu ejus ?	For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glory? Are not you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20	vos enim estis gloria nostra et gaudium.	For you are our glory and joy.

1 Thessalonians 3

1	Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis :	For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:
2	et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi, ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra :	And we sent Timothy, our brother, and the minister of God in the gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith:
3	ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis : ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.	That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.
4	Nam et cum apud vos essemus, prædicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.	For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.
5	Propterea et ego amplius non sustinens, misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram : ne forte tentaverit vos is qui tentat, et inanis fiat labor noster.	For this cause also, I, forbearing no longer, sent to know your faith: lest perhaps he that tempteth should have tempted you, and our labour should be made vain.
6	Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis, et annuntiante nobis fidem et caritatem vestram, et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper, desiderantes nos videre, sicut et nos quoque vos :	But now when Timothy came to us from you, and related to us your faith and charity, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us as we also to see you;
7	ideo consolati sumus, fratres, in vobis in omni necessitate et tribulatione nostra, per fidem vestram,	Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith,
8	quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.	Because now we live, if you stand in the Lord.
9	Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,	For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,
10	nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea quæ desunt fidei vestræ ?	Night and day more abundantly praying that we may see your face, and may accomplish those things that are wanting to your faith?
11	Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Jesus Christus, dirigat viam nostram ad vos.	Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
12	Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat caritatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis :	And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,
13	ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis ejus. Amen.	To confirm your hearts without blame, in holiness, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.

1 Thessalonians 4

1	De cetero ergo, fratres, rogamus vos et obsecramus in Domino Jesu, ut quemadmodum accepistis a nobis quomodo oporteat vos ambulare, et placere Deo, sic et ambuletis ut abundetis magis.	For the rest therefore, brethren, we pray and beseech you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us, how you ought to walk, and to please God, so also you would walk, that you may abound the more.
2	Scitis enim quæ præcepta dederim vobis per Dominum Jesum.	For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.
3	Hæc est enim voluntas Dei, sanctificatio vestra : ut abstineatis vos a fornicatione,	For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that you should abstain from fornication;
4	ut sciat unusquisque vestrum vas suum possidere in sanctificatione, et honore :	That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour:
5	non in passione desiderii, sicut et gentes, quæ ignorant Deum :	Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:
6	et ne quis supergrediatur, neque circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum : quoniam vindex est Dominus de his omnibus, sicut prædiximus vobis, et testificati sumus.	And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.
7	Non enim vocavit nos Deus in immunditiam, sed in sanctificationem.	For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.
8	Itaque qui hæc spernit, non hominem spernit, sed Deum : qui etiam dedit Spiritum suum Sanctum in nobis.	Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.
9	De caritate autem fraternitatis non necesse habemus scribere vobis : ipsi enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis invicem.	But as touching the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another.
10	Etenim illud facitis in omnes fratres in universa Macedonia. Rogamus autem vos, fratres, ut abundetis magis,	For indeed you do it towards all the brethren in all Macedonia. But we entreat you, brethren, that you abound more:
11	et opera detis ut quieti sitis, et ut vestrum negotium agatis, et operemini manibus vestris, sicut præcepimus vobis :	And that you use your endeavour to be quiet, and that you do your own business, and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without; and that you want nothing of any man’s.
12	et ut honeste ambuletis ad eos qui foris sunt : et nullius aliquid desideretis.	And we will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.
13	Nolumus autem vos ignorare fratres de dormientibus, ut non contristemini sicut et ceteri, qui spem non habent.	For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again; even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.
14	Si enim credimus quod Jesus mortuus est, et resurrexit : ita et Deus eos qui dormierunt per Jesum, adducet cum eo.	For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
15	Hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo Domini, quia nos, qui vivimus, qui residui sumus in adventum Domini, non præveniemus eos qui dormierunt.	For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.
16	Quoniam ipse Dominus in jussu, et in voce archangeli, et in tuba Dei descendet de cælo : et mortui, qui in Christo sunt, resurgent primi.	Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord.
17	Deinde nos, qui vivimus, qui relinquimur, simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Christo in aëra, et sic semper cum Domino erimus.	Wherefore, comfort ye one another with these words.
18	Itaque consolamini invicem in verbis istis.

1 Thessalonians 5

1	De temporibus autem, et momentis, fratres, non indigetis ut scribamus vobis.	But of the times and moments, brethren, you need not, that we should write to you;
2	Ipsi enim diligenter scitis quia dies Domini, sicut fur in nocte, ita veniet :	For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as a thief in the night.
3	cum enim dixerint, Pax et securitas : tunc repentius eis superveniet interitus, sicut dolor in utero habenti, et non effugient.	For when they shall say, peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.
4	Vos autem, fratres, non estis in tenebris, ut vos die illa tamquam fur comprehendat :	But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5	omnes enim vos filii lucis estis, et filii diei : non sumus noctis, neque tenebrarum.	For all you are the children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6	Igitur non dormiamus sicut et ceteri, sed vigilemus, et sobrii simus.	Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch, and be sober.
7	Qui enim dormiunt, nocte dormiunt : et qui ebrii sunt, nocte ebrii sunt.	For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
8	Nos autem, qui diei sumus, sobrii simus, induti loricam fidei et caritatis, et galeam spem salutis :	But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breastplate of faith and charity, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
9	quoniam non posuit nos Deus in iram, sed in acquisitionem salutis per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum,	For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10	qui mortuus est pro nobis : ut sive vigilemus, sive dormiamus, simul cum illo vivamus.	Who died for us; that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.
11	Propter quod consolamini invicem, et ædificate alterutrum, sicut et facitis.	For which cause comfort one another; and edify one another, as you also do.
12	Rogamus autem vos, fratres, ut noveritis eos qui laborant inter vos, et præsunt vobis in Domino, et monent vos,	And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you:
13	ut habeatis illos abundantius in caritate propter opus illorum : pacem habete cum eis.	That you esteem them more abundantly in charity, for their work’s sake. Have peace with them.
14	Rogamus autem vos, fratres, corripite inquietos, consolamini pusillanimes, suscipite infirmos, patientes estote ad omnes.	And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet, comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, be patient towards all men.
15	Videte ne quis malum pro malo alicui reddat : sed semper quod bonum est sectamini in invicem, et in omnes.	See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good towards each other, and towards all men.
16	Semper gaudete.	Always rejoice.
17	Sine intermissione orate.	Pray without ceasing.
18	In omnibus gratias agite : hæc est enim voluntas Dei in Christo Jesu in omnibus vobis.	In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.
19	Spiritum nolite extinguere.	Extinguish not the spirit.
20	Prophetias nolite spernere.	Despise not prophecies.
21	Omnia autem probate : quod bonum est tenete.	But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
22	Ab omni specie mala abstinete vos.	From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
23	Ipse autem Deus pacis sanctificet vos per omnia : ut integer spiritus vester, et anima, et corpus sine querela in adventu Domini nostri Jesu Christi servetur.	And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24	Fidelis est, qui vocavit vos : qui etiam faciet.	He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.
25	Fratres, orate pro nobis.	Brethren, pray for us.
26	Salutate fratres omnes in osculo sancto.	Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.
27	Adjuro vos per Dominum ut legatur epistola hæc omnibus sanctis fratribus.	I charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
28	Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi vobiscum. Amen.	The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.