Dual Panel1Finally <3063> then, brothers and sisters <80>, we ask <2065> you <5209> and <2532> urge <3870> you in <1722> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, that <2443> as <2531> you received <3880> instruction from <3844> us <2257> about how <4459> you <5209> must <1163> live <4043> and <2532> please <700> God <2316> (as <2531> you are <4043> in fact living <4043>) that <2443> you do so more and more <4052> <3123>.
2For <1063> you know <1492> what <5101> commands <3852> we gave <1325> you <5213> through <1223> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.
3For <1063> this <5124> is <1510> God’s <2316> will <2307>: that you <5216> become holy <38>, that you <5209> keep away <567> from <575> sexual immorality <4202>,
4that each <1538> of you <5216> know <1492> how to possess <2932> his own <1438> body <4632> in <1722> holiness <38> and <2532> honor <5092>,
5not <3361> in <1722> lustful passion <3806> <1939> like <2509> the Gentiles <1484> who do <1492> not <3361> know <1492> God <2316>.
6In <1722> this matter <4229> no one <3361> should violate <5233> the rights <4122> of his <846> brother <80> or take advantage of him, because <1360> the Lord <2962> is the avenger <1558> in <4012> all <3956> these cases <5130>, as <2531> we <4277> also <2532> told <4277> you <5213> earlier <4277> and <2532> warned <1263> you solemnly <1263>.
7For <1063> God <2316> did <2564> not <3756> call <2564> us <2248> to <1909> impurity <167> but <235> in <1722> holiness <38>.
8Consequently <5105> the one who rejects <114> this is not <3756> rejecting <114> human authority <444> but <235> God <2316>, who gives <1325> his <846> Holy <40> Spirit <4151> to <1519> you <5209>.
9Now on the topic of <4012> brotherly love <5360> you have <2192> no <3756> need <5532> for anyone to write <1125> you <5213>, for <1063> you <1510> yourselves <5210> are <1510> taught by God <2312> to <1519> love <25> one another <240>.
10And <2532> indeed <1063> you are practicing <4160> it <846> toward <1519> all <3956> the brothers and sisters <80> in <1722> all <3650> of Macedonia <3109>. But <1161> we urge <3870> you <5209>, brothers and sisters <80>, to do so more <4052> and more <3123>,
11to aspire <5389> to lead a quiet life <2270>, to attend <4238> to your own <2398> business, and <2532> to work <2038> with your <5216> hands <5495>, as <2531> we commanded <3853> you <5213>.
12In this way <2443> you will live <4043> a decent <2156> life <4043> before <4314> outsiders <1854> and <2532> not <3367> be <2192> in need <5532>.
13Now we do <2309> not <3756> want <2309> you <5209> to be uninformed <50>, brothers and sisters <80>, about <4012> those who are asleep <2837>, so that <2443> you will <3076> not <3361> grieve <3076> like <2531> the rest <3062> who have <2192> no <3361> hope <1680>.
14For <1063> if <1487> we believe <4100> that <3754> Jesus <2424> died <599> and <2532> rose <450> again, so <3779> also <2532> we believe that God <2316> will bring <71> with <4862> him <846> those who have fallen asleep <2837> as <1223> Christians <2424>.
15For <1063> we tell <3004> you <5213> this <5124> by <1722> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>, that <3754> we <2249> who are alive <2198>, who are left <4035> until <1519> the coming <3952> of the Lord <2962>, will <5348> surely not <3756> <3361> go ahead <5348> of those who have fallen asleep <2837>.
16For <3754> the Lord <2962> himself <846> will come down <2597> from <575> heaven <3772> with <1722> a shout of command <2752>, with <1722> the voice <5456> of the archangel <743>, and <2532> with <1722> the trumpet <4536> of God <2316>, and <2532> the dead <3498> in <1722> Christ <5547> will rise <450> first <4412>.
17Then <1899> we <2249> who are alive <2198>, who are left <4035>, will be suddenly caught up <726> together <260> with <4862> them <846> in <1722> the clouds <3507> to <1519> meet <529> the Lord <2962> in <1519> the air <109>. And <2532> so <3779> we will <1510> always <3842> be <1510> with <4862> the Lord <2962>.
18Therefore <5620> encourage <3870> one another <240> with <1722> these <5125> words <3056>.