1 Thessalonians 2 Pros Thessalonikevoin A 2
1Autois gar oidavē, adelfoir, tan eisodan nu tan pros vin hoti ouk kenas genatē,You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain. 2alla propascharantois kai hubrizirantois kathōs oidavē en Filippoi parrēsiazena en to theo nu lalara pros vin tem euangeliem tou theou en pollo agōno.As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God. 3tas gar paraklēsias nu ouk ek planau oude ek akatharsiau ⸀oude en dolo,For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery. 4alla kathōs dokimazonē hupo tou theou pisteuira tem euangeliem houtōs lalanō, ouk hōs anthrōpoi areskarōntois alla ⸀theo to dokimazarōnto tain kardiain nu.Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts. 5oute gar pote en logo kolakeiau genina, kathōs oidavē, oute ⸀en profasia pleonexiau, theos marturos,As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! 6oute zētarōntois ek anthrōpoiu doxan, oute apo vu oute apo allosoiu,Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it. 7dunorōntois en barose arō hōs Christou apostolois; alla genina ⸀ēpiois en mese vu, hōs ⸀ean trofas thalpateiō teim heautau tekneim;On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children. 8houtōs homeirorōntois vu eudokane metadōara vi ouk monem tem euangeliem tou theou alla kai tain heautoiu psuchain, dioti agapētois ni ⸀geniva.We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.
9Mnēmoneuavō gar, adelfoir, ton kopon nu kai ton mochthon; ⸀nuktau kai hēmerau ergazorōntois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu kērussana eis vin tem euangeliem tou theou.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10vis marturois kai tos theos, hōs hosiōs kai dikaiōs kai amemptōs vi toi pisteuarōntoi genina,You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed. 11kathaper oidavē hōs henon hekaston vu hōs patros tekneim heautouFor you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children— 12parakalarōntois vin kai paramuthorōntois kai marturoorōntois, eis tem ⸀peripatarō vin axiōs tou theou tou kalarōntou vin eis tan heautou basileian kai doxan.encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
13⸀Kai dia houtem kai nis eucharistanō to theo adialeiptōs, hoti paralabarantois logon akoau para nu tou theou decheva ouk logon anthrōpoiu alla kathōs ⸂alēthōs atō⸃ logon theou, hos kai energotō en vi toi pisteuarōntoi.And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe. 14vis gar mimētois geniva, adelfoir, taiu ekklēsaiu tou theou taiu arōntaiu en ta Ioudaia en Christo Iēso, hoti teim auteim paschava kai vis hupo toiu idioiu sumfuletoiu kathōs kai autois hupo toiu IoudaioiuFor you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, 15toiu kai ton kurion apoktenarantoiu Iēsun kai ⸀toin profētoin kai nin ekdiōkarantoiu, kai theo mē areskarōntoiu, kai pantoi anthrōpoi enantioiu,who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, 16kōluarōntoiu nin tei ethnei lalara hina sōzileia, eis tem anaplērara autoiu tain hamartain pantote. fthanata de epi autoin tas ⸀orgas eis telem.hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
17Nis de, adelfoir, aporfanizirantois apo vu pros kairon hōrau, prosōpe ouk kardia, perissoterōs spoudazana tem prosōpem vu horara en polla epithumia.Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense. 18⸀dioti thelana erchara pros vin, mis men Paulos kai hapax kai dis, kai enkoptata nin tos Satanos.For we wanted to come to you — indeed I, Paul, tried again and again — but Satan obstructed us. 19tinas gar nu elpidas ē charas ē stefanos kauchēsiau ē ouchi kai vis emprosthen tou kuriou nu Iēsu en ta autou parousia?After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? 20vis gar avō tas doxas nu kai tas charas.You are indeed our glory and our joy.
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3 ⸀oude Byz oute. 4 ⸀theo Byz to theo. 5 ⸀en mod. edd. omit. 7 ⸀ēpiois mod. edd. nēpiois. ⸀ean Byz an. 8 ⸀geniva Byz γεγένησθε. 9 ⸀nuktau Byz +gar. 12 ⸀peripatarō Byz peripatara. 13 ⸀Kai Byz omits. ⸂alēthōs atō⸃ other edd. atō alēthōs. 15 ⸀toin Byz +idioin. 16 ⸀orgas mod. edd. +tou theou. 18 ⸀dioti Byz dio.