1 Thessalonians 4 Pros Thessalonikevoin A 4
1Loipem ⸀oun, adelfoir, erōtanō vin kai parakalanō en kurio Iēso, ⸀hina kathōs paralabava para nu tem pōs datō vin peripatarō kai areskarō theo, ⸂kathōs kai peripatavō,⸃ hina perisseuaveiō mallon.Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. 2oidavē gar tinain parangeliain dōana vi dia tou kuriou Iēsu.For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3houtem gar atō thelēmem tou theou, tos hagiasmos vu, apechorō vin apo tau porneiau,For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4oidarē hekaston vu tem heautou skevem ktorō en hagiasmo kai tima,each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5mē en pathe epithumiau kathaper kai teim ethneim teim mē oidarēnteim ton theon,not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6tem mē huperbainarō kai pleonektarō en te pragme ton adelfon autou, dioti ekdikos ⸀kurios peri panteiu houteiu, kathōs kai prolegana vi kai diamarturena.and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you. 7ouk gar kalata nin tos theos epi akatharsia alla en hagiasmo.For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. 8toigaroun tos athetarōntos ouk anthrōpon athetatō alla ton theon ton ⸀kai ⸀dōarōnton tem pneumem autou tem hagiem eis vin.Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9Peri de tau filadelfiau ouk chreian echavō grafarō vi, autois gar vis theodidaktois avō eis tem agaparō allēloin;Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another. 10kai gar poiavō autem eis pantoin toin adelfoin toin en hola ta Makedonia. parakalanō de vin, adelfoir, perisseuarō mallon,And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more 11kai filotimorō hēsuchazarō kai prassarō teim idieim kai ergazorō ⸀tai cheirai vu, kathōs vi parangelana,and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. 12hina peripataveiō euschēmonōs pros toin exō kai mēdeneu chreian echaveiō.Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
13Ouk thelanō de vin agnoarō, adelfoir, peri toiu ⸀koimorōntoiu, hina mē lupoveiō kathōs kai tois loipois tois mē echarōntois elpidan.Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. 14ei gar pisteuanō hoti Iēsus apothnēskata kai anastēata, houtōs kai tos theos toin koimirantoin dia tou Iēsu agati sun auto.For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. 15houtem gar vi leganō en logo kuriou, hoti nis tois zōarōntois tois perileiporōntois eis tan parousian tou kuriou ouk mē fthananeia toin koimirantoin;By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16hoti autos tos kurios en keleusme, en fōna archangelou kai en salpinga theou, katabaineti apo ouranou, kai tois nekrois en Christo anastēeli prōtem,For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. 17epeita nis tois zōarōntois tois perileiporōntois hama sun autoi harpazini en nefelai eis apantēsian tou kuriou eis aeron; kai houtōs pantote sun kurio eni.After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. 18hōste parakalavōr allēloin en toi logoi houtoi.Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Textual notes8
1 ⸀oun mod. edd. omit. ⸀hina Byz omits. ⸂kathōs kai peripatavō⸃ Byz omits. 6 ⸀kurios Byz ὁ κύριος. 8 ⸀kai mod. edd. omit. ⸀dōarōnton Byz dōaranton. 11 ⸀tai some edd. +idiai. 13 ⸀koimorōntoiu Byz koimorēntoiu.