1 Thessalonians · Geneva Bible (1599)
1 Thessalonians 2 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,
1 PORQUE, hermanos, vosotros mismos sabéis que nuestra entrada á vosotros no fué vana:
2 But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.
2 Pues aun habiendo padecido antes, y sido afrentados en Filipos, como sabéis, tuvimos denuedo en Dios nuestro para anunciaros el evangelio de Dios con gran combate.
3 For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile.
3 Porque nuestra exhortación no [fué] de error, ni de inmundicia, ni por engaño;
4 But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.
4 Sino según fuimos aprobados de Dios para que se nos encargase el evangelio, así hablamos; no como los que agradan á los hombres, sino á Dios, el cual prueba nuestros corazones.
5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde.
5 Porque nunca fuimos lisonjeros en la palabra, como sabéis, ni tocados de avaricia; Dios es testigo;
6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.
6 Ni buscamos de los hombres gloria, ni de vosotros, ni de otros, aunque podíamos seros carga como apóstoles de Cristo.
7 But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children.
7 Antes fuimos blandos entre vosotros como la que cría, que regala á sus hijos:
8 Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.
8 Tan amadores de vosotros, que quisiéramos entregaros no sólo el evangelio de Dios, mas aun nuestras propias almas; porque nos erais carísimos.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day and night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God.
9 Porque ya, hermanos, os acordáis de nuestro trabajo y fatiga: que trabajando de noche y de día por no ser gravosos á ninguno de vosotros, os predicamos el evangelio de Dios.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue.
10 Vosotros sois testigos, y Dios, de cuán santa y justa é irreprensiblemente nos condujimos con vosotros que creísteis:
11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)
11 Así como sabéis de qué modo exhortábamos y consolábamos á cada uno de vosotros, como el padre á sus hijos,
12 That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
12 Y os protestábamos que anduvieseis [como es] digno de Dios, que os llamó á su reino y gloria.
13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
13 Por lo cual, también nosotros damos gracias á Dios sin cesar, de que habiendo recibido la palabra de Dios que oísteis de nosotros, recibisteis no palabra de hombres, sino según es en verdad, la palabra de Dios, el cual obra en vosotros los que creísteis.
14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,
14 Porque vosotros, hermanos, habéis sido imitadores de las iglesias de Dios en Cristo Jesús que están en Judea; pues habéis padecido también vosotros las mismas cosas de los de vuestra propia nación, como también ellos de los Judíos;
15 Who both killed the Lord Iesus and their owne Prophets, and haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,
15 Los cuales aun mataron al Señor Jesús y á sus propios profetas, y á nosotros nos han perseguido; y no agradan á Dios, y se oponen á todos los hombres;
16 And forbid vs to preach vnto the Gentiles, that they might be saued, to fulfill their sinnes alwayes: for the wrath of God is come on them, to the vtmost.
16 Prohibiéndonos hablar á los Gentiles, á fin de que se salven, para henchir [la medida de] sus pecados siempre: pues vino sobre ellos la ira hasta el extremo.
17 For asmuch, brethren, as we were kept from you for a season, concerning sight, but not in the heart, we enforced the more to see your face with great desire.
17 Mas nosotros, hermanos, privados de vosotros por un poco de tiempo, de vista, no de corazón, tanto más procuramos con mucho deseo ver vuestro rostro.
18 Therefore we would haue come vnto you (I Paul, at least once or twise) but Satan hindered vs.
18 Por lo cual quisimos ir á vosotros, yo Pablo á la verdad, una vez y otra; mas Satanás nos embarazó.
19 For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming?
19 Porque ¿cuál es nuestra esperanza, ó gozo, ó corona de que me gloríe? ¿No sois vosotros, delante de nuestro Señor Jesucristo en su venida?
20 Yea, ye are our glory and ioy.
20 Que vosotros sois nuestra gloria y gozo.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Philippians 2:16; Habakkuk 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 15:2
- 2 Acts 4:13; Acts 16:22–24; 2 Timothy 1:12; Acts 17:2–9; 1 Peter 2:14–16
- 3 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 12:16–18
- 4 Galatians 1:10; Romans 8:27; Galatians 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:14; Psalm 17:3
- 5 Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 12:17; Acts 20:33; Galatians 1:20; 2 Peter 2:3
- 6 Galatians 1:10; John 5:44; John 5:41; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Philemon 8–9
- 7 Isaiah 66:13; 2 Timothy 2:24–25; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; Isaiah 49:23; 2 Corinthians 10:1
- 8 1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Philippians 2:17; Romans 1:11–12; Hebrews 13:17
- 9 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Acts 18:3; 2 Corinthians 12:13–14; 1 Timothy 4:10
- 10 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Titus 2:7–8; Acts 20:18
- 11 1 Corinthians 4:14–15; Hebrews 13:22; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 4:1–2; 2 Thessalonians 3:12
- 12 Ephesians 4:1; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 1:6–7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; 1 Thessalonians 4:12
- 13 Hebrews 4:12; Romans 10:17; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 1:25; 1 Peter 2:2
- 14 1 Thessalonians 3:4; Hebrews 10:33–34; Hebrews 5:7–8; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 8:1–2
- 15 Matthew 5:12; Luke 11:48–53; Acts 7:52; Acts 2:23; Luke 13:33–34
- 16 Acts 17:13; Acts 14:19; Acts 14:5; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 23:32
- 17 Colossians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:6; Romans 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:10–11
- 18 Romans 15:22; Romans 1:13; Revelation 2:10; Zechariah 3:1–2; 2 Corinthians 11:12–14
- 19 Philippians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Philippians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 1:14
- 20 2 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Corinthians 11:7
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