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1 Thessalonians 5 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you. | Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. | Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, | |
| 2 | For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. | For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. | for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. | |
| 3 | For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape. | While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. | While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. | |
| 4 | But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. | But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. | But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. | |
| 5 | You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness, | For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. | You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. | |
| 6 | so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. | So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. | |
| 7 | For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. | For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. | For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. | |
| 8 | But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. | But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. | But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. | |
| 9 | For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, | For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, | For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| 10 | who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. | who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. | He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. | |
| 11 | Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do. | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. | Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. | |
| 12 | But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, | We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, | Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. | |
| 13 | and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves. | and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. | Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. | |
| 14 | We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all. | And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. | And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. | |
| 15 | See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all. | See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. | Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. | |
| 16 | Always rejoice. | Rejoice always, | Rejoice always, | |
| 17 | Pray without ceasing. | pray without ceasing, | pray continually, | |
| 18 | In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. | give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. | give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. | |
| 19 | Don’t quench the Spirit. | Do not quench the Spirit. | Do not quench the Spirit. | |
| 20 | Don’t despise prophecies. | Do not despise prophecies, | Do not treat prophecies with contempt | |
| 21 | Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. | but test everything; hold fast what is good. | but test them all; hold on to what is good, | |
| 22 | Abstain from every form of evil. | Abstain from every form of evil. | reject every kind of evil. | |
| 23 | May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. | Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. | May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. | |
| 24 | He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it. | He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. | The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. | |
| 25 | Brothers, pray for us. | Brothers, pray for us. | Brothers and sisters, pray for us. | |
| 26 | Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. | Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. | Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss. | |
| 27 | I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. | I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. | I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters. | |
| 28 | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. | The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. | |
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