Bible (Tyndale)/1 Thessalonians

Chapter 1
Paul Syluanus and Timotheus. Vnto the congregacion of the Tessalonyans in God the father  and in ye Lorde Iesus Christ.Grace be with you  and peace from God oure father  and from the Lorde Iesus Christ. 

We geve God thakes all waye for you all makinge mension of you in oure prayers 

with out ceasynge  and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe  and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Iesus Christ in the sight of God oure father: 

because we knowe brethren beloved of god how yt ye are electe. 

For oure gospell came not vnto you in worde only but also in power  and also in the holy gost and in moche certayntie  as ye knowe after what maner we behaued oure selves amonge you  for youre sakes. 

And ye became folowers of vs and of the lord and receaved the worde in moche affliccion  with ioye of the holy gost: 

so that ye were an ensample to all that beleve in Macedonia and Achaia. 

For from you sounded out the worde of the lorde not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but youre fayth also which ye have vnto god  spred her silfe abroade in all quartars  so greatly that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at all. 

<section begin="1:9"/>For they the selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages for to serve the livynge and true god  <section end="1:9"/>

<section begin="1:10"/>and for to loke for his sonne from heven whom he raysed from deeth: I mean Iesus which delivereth vs from wrath to come. <section end="1:10"/>

Chapter 2
<section begin="2:1"/>For ye youre selves knowe brethren of oure entraunce in vnto you howe that it was not in vayne: <section end="2:1"/>

<section begin="2:2"/>but even after that we had suffered before and were shamfully entreated at Phillippos (as ye well knowe) then were we bolde in oure God to speake vnto you the gospell of God  with moche strivynge. <section end="2:2"/>

<section begin="2:3"/>Oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure nor yet to vnclennes  nether was it with gyle: <section end="2:3"/>

<section begin="2:4"/>but as we were alowed of God that the gospell shuld be comitted vnto vs: even so we speake  not as though we entended to please men  but God  which trieth oure hertes. <section end="2:4"/>

<section begin="2:5"/>Nether was oure conversacion at eny tyme wt flatterynge wordes as ye well knowe nether in cloked coveteousnes  God is recorde: <section end="2:5"/>

<section begin="2:6"/>nether sought we prayse of men nether of you  nor yet of eny other  when we myght have bene chargeable  as the apostles of Christ <section end="2:6"/>

<section begin="2:7"/>but we were tender amonge you even as a norsse cheressheth her children  <section end="2:7"/>

<section begin="2:8"/>so was oure affeccion towarde you oure good will was to have dealte vnto you  not the gospell of God only: but also oure awne soules  because ye were deare vnto vs. <section end="2:8"/>

<section begin="2:9"/>Ye remember brethre oure laboure and travayle. For we laboured daye and nyght because we wolde not be greveous vnto eny of you  and preached vnto you ye gospell of God. <section end="2:9"/>

<section begin="2:10"/>Ye are witnesses    and so is god  how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaved oure selves amonge you that beleve: <section end="2:10"/>

<section begin="2:11"/>as ye knowe how that we exhorted and comforted and besought every one of you as a father his childre <section end="2:11"/>

<section begin="2:12"/>that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory. <section end="2:12"/>

<section begin="2:13"/>For this cause thanke we god with out ceasynge because that when ye receaved of vs  the worde wherwith God was preached  ye receaved it not as the worde of man: but even as it was in dede  the worde of God  which worketh in you that beleve. <section end="2:13"/>

<section begin="2:14"/>For ye brethre became folowers of the congregacions of god which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu: for ye have suffered lyke thynges of youre kynsmen as we oure selves have suffered of the Iewes. <section end="2:14"/>

<section begin="2:15"/>Which as they kylled the lorde Iesus and their awne prophetes even so have they persecuted vs  and God they please not  and are contrary to all men <section end="2:15"/>

<section begin="2:16"/>and forbid vs to preache vnto the gentyls that they myght be saved  to fulfill their synnes all waye. For the wrath of God is come on them even to the vtmost. <section end="2:16"/>

<section begin="2:17"/>For as moch brethren as we are kept from you for a season as concernynge the bodyly presence  but not in the herte  we enforsed the more to se you personally with great desire. <section end="2:17"/>

<section begin="2:18"/>And therfore we wolde have come vnto you I paul once and agayne: but Satan with stode vs. <section end="2:18"/>

<section begin="2:19"/>For what is oure hope or ioye or croune of reioysynge? are not ye it in the presence of oure lorde Iesus Christ at his comynge? <section end="2:19"/>

<section begin="2:20"/>yes ye are oure glory and ioye. <section end="2:20"/>

Chapter 3
<section begin="3:1"/>Wherfore sence we coulde no lenger forbeare it pleased vs to remayne at Athens alone   <section end="3:1"/>

<section begin="3:2"/>and sent Timotheus oure brother and minister of god and oure laboure felowe in the gospell of Christ  to stablysshe you and to coforte you over youre fayth  <section end="3:2"/>

<section begin="3:3"/>yt no ma shulde be moved in these affliccios. For ye youre selves knowe that we are even apoynted therevnto. <section end="3:3"/>

<section begin="3:4"/>For verely when I was with you I tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion  even as it came to passe  and as ye knowe. <section end="3:4"/>

<section begin="3:5"/>For this cause when I coulde no lenger forbeare  I sent  that I myght have knowledge of youre fayth  lest haply the tempter had tempted you  and that oure laboure had bene bestowed in vayne. <section end="3:5"/>

<section begin="3:6"/>But now lately whe Timotheus came fro you vnto vs and declared to vs youre fayth and youre love and how that ye have good remembraunce of vs all wayes  desyringe to se vs as we desyre to se you. <section end="3:6"/>

<section begin="3:7"/>Therfore brethre we had consolacion in you in all oure adversite and necessite  through youre fayth. <section end="3:7"/>

<section begin="3:8"/>For now are we alyve yf ye stonde stedfast in the lorde. <section end="3:8"/>

<section begin="3:9"/>For what thankes can we recompence to god agayne for you over all the ioye that we ioye for youre sakes before oure god  <section end="3:9"/>

<section begin="3:10"/>whyle we nyght and daye praye excedingly that we myght se you presently  and myght fulfill that wich is lackynge in youre fayth. <section end="3:10"/>

<section begin="3:11"/>God him silfe oure father and oure lorde Iesus Christ gyde oure iorney vnto you: <section end="3:11"/>

<section begin="3:12"/>and the lorde increace you and make you flowe ouer in love one towarde another  and towarde all men  even as we do towarde you  <section end="3:12"/>

<section begin="3:13"/>to make youre hertes stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father  at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ  with all his sainctes. <section end="3:13"/>

Chapter 4
<section begin="4:1"/>Further more we beseche you brethren and exhorte you in the lorde Iesus  that ye increace more and more  euen as ye have receaved of vs how ye ought to walke and to please god. <section end="4:1"/>

<section begin="4:2"/>Ye remember what commaundmetes we gave you in oure lorde Iesu Christ. <section end="4:2"/>

<section begin="4:3"/>For this is the will of god even that ye shuld be holy  and that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacion  <section end="4:3"/>

<section begin="4:4"/>that every one of you shuld knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure <section end="4:4"/>

<section begin="4:5"/>and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen which knowe not god  <section end="4:5"/>

<section begin="4:6"/>that no man goo to farre and defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the lorde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified. <section end="4:6"/>

<section begin="4:7"/>For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes: but vnto holynes. <section end="4:7"/>

<section begin="4:8"/>He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man  but God  which hath sent his holy sprete amonge you. <section end="4:8"/>

<section begin="4:9"/>But as touchynge brotherly love ye nede not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love on another. <section end="4:9"/>

<section begin="4:10"/>Ye and that thinge verely ye do vnto all the brethre which are thorow oute all Macedonia. We beseche you brethren that ye encreace more and more <section end="4:10"/>

<section begin="4:11"/>and that ye studye to be quyet     and to medle with youre awne busynes  and to worke with youre awne hondes  as we commaunded you: <section end="4:11"/>

<section begin="4:12"/>that ye maye behave youre selves honestly towarde them that are with out and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you. <section end="4:12"/>

<section begin="4:13"/>I wolde not brethren have you ignoraut concerninge them which are fallen aslepe that ye sorowe not as other do which have no hope. <section end="4:13"/>

<section begin="4:14"/>For yf we beleve that Iesus dyed and rose agayne: even so them also which slepe by IeIesus will God brynge agayne with him. <section end="4:14"/>

<section begin="4:15"/>And this saye we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde that we which live and are remayninge in the comminge of the Lorde  shall not come yerre they which slepe. <section end="4:15"/>

<section begin="4:16"/>For the Lorde him selfe shall descende fro heve with a showte and the voyce of the archangell and trompe of God. And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst: <section end="4:16"/>

<section begin="4:17"/>then shall we which live and remayne be caught vp with them also in the cloudes  to mete the Lorde in ye ayer. And so shall we ever be with the Lorde. <section end="4:17"/>

<section begin="4:18"/>Wherfore coforte youre selves one another with these wordes  <section end="4:18"/>

Chapter 5
<section begin="5:1"/>Of the tymes and seasons brethren ye have no nede that I write vnto you: <section end="5:1"/>

<section begin="5:2"/>for ye youre selves knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght. <section end="5:2"/>

<section begin="5:3"/>When they shall saye peace and no daunger than commeth on the soden destruccion     as the travalynge of a woma with childe  and they shall not scape. <section end="5:3"/>

<section begin="5:4"/>But ye brethre are not in darcknes that yt daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe. <section end="5:4"/>

<section begin="5:5"/>Ye are all the childre of light and the children of ye daye. We are not of ye nyght nether of darcknes. <section end="5:5"/>

<section begin="5:6"/>Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober. <section end="5:6"/>

<section begin="5:7"/>For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght. <section end="5:7"/>

<section begin="5:8"/>But let vs which are of the daye  be sober      armed with the brest plate of fayth and love  and with hope of salvacio as an helmet. <section end="5:8"/>

<section begin="5:9"/>For god hath not apoynted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne salvacion by ye meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christ <section end="5:9"/>

<section begin="5:10"/>which died for vs: that whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyve togedder with him. <section end="5:10"/>

<section begin="5:11"/> Wherfore comforte youre selves togedder and edifie one another  even as ye do. <section end="5:11"/>

<section begin="5:12"/>We beseche you brethren that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you and have the oversight of you in the Lorde <section end="5:12"/>

<section begin="5:13"/>and geve you exhortacion that ye have them the more in love  for their workes sake  and be at peace with them. <section end="5:13"/>

<section begin="5:14"/>We desyre you brethre warne them that are vnruly  comforte the feble mynded  forbeare the weake  have continuall pacience towarde all men. <section end="5:14"/>

<section begin="5:15"/>Se that none recopence evill for evyll vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good both amonge youre selves  and to all men. <section end="5:15"/>

<section begin="5:16"/>Reioyce ever. <section end="5:16"/>

<section begin="5:17"/>Praye cotinually. <section end="5:17"/>

<section begin="5:18"/>In all thinges geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you. <section end="5:18"/>

<section begin="5:19"/>Quenche not the sprete. <section end="5:19"/>

<section begin="5:20"/>Despise not prophesyinge. <section end="5:20"/>

<section begin="5:21"/>Examen all thinges and kepe that which is good. <section end="5:21"/>

<section begin="5:22"/>Abstayne from all suspicious thinges. <section end="5:22"/>

<section begin="5:23"/>The very God of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete soulse and body  be kept fautlesse vnto ye comynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ  <section end="5:23"/>

<section begin="5:24"/>Faythfull is he which called you: which will also do it. <section end="5:24"/>

<section begin="5:25"/>Brethre praye for vs. <section end="5:25"/>

<section begin="5:26"/>Grete all the brethren with an holy kysse. <section end="5:26"/>

<section begin="5:27"/>I charge you in the Lorde  that this pistle be reed vnto all the holy brethren. <section end="5:27"/>

<section begin="5:28"/>The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be with you. Amen. <section end="5:28"/>