1 Thessalonians · Tyndale New Testament (1534)
1 Thessalonians 5 Tyndale New Testament (1534)
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Notes on this text (1)
- New Testament only; original spelling.
1 Of the tymes and seasons brethren ye have no nede that I write vnto you:
1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.
2 for ye youre selves knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght.
2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
3 When they shall saye peace and no daunger than commeth on the soden destruccion as the travalynge of a woman with childe and they shall not scape.
3 For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
4 But ye brethren are not in darcknes that that daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe.
4 But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light and the children of the daye. We are not of the nyght nether of darcknes.
5 You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,
6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober.
6 so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
7 For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght.
7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.
8 But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed with the brest plate of fayth and love and with hope of salvacion as an helmet.
8 But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For god hath not apoynted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne salvacion by the meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christ
9 For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 which died for vs: that whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyve togedder with him.
10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherfore comforte youre selves togedder and edifie one another even as ye do.
11 Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.
12 We beseche you brethren that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you and have the oversight of you in the Lorde and geve you exhortacion
12 But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
13 that ye have them the more in love for their workes sake and be at peace with them.
13 and to respect and honor them in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
14 We desyre you brethren warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble mynded forbeare the weake have continuall pacience towarde all men.
14 We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.
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.
15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.
16 Reioyce ever.
16 Always rejoice.
17 Praye continually.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In all thinges geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
19 Quenche not the sprete.
19 Don’t quench the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyinge.
20 Don’t despise prophecies.
21 Examen all thinges and kepe that which is good.
21 Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
22 Abstayne from all suspicious thinges.
22 Abstain from every form of evil.
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 the comynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ
23 May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faythfull is he which called you: which will also do it.
24 He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
25 Brethren praye for vs.
25 Brothers, pray for us.
26 Grete all the brethren with an holy kysse.
26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
27 I charge you in the Lorde that this pistle be reed vnto all the holy brethren.
27 I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers.
28 The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be with you. Amen. ‘The fyrst pistle vnto the Tessalonyans sent from Athens.’
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Matthew 24:36; Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:30–32
- 2 Revelation 16:15; 2 Peter 3:10; Matthew 24:42–44; Revelation 3:3; Matthew 25:13
- 3 Luke 21:34–35; Matthew 24:37–39; Luke 17:26–30; Revelation 18:7–8; Psalm 73:18–20
- 4 1 John 2:8; Jeremiah 42:16; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Deuteronomy 28:15; Colossians 1:13
- 5 Ephesians 5:8; Acts 26:18; John 12:36; Luke 16:8
- 6 1 Peter 1:13; Matthew 24:42; Luke 22:46; 1 Peter 5:8; Romans 13:11–14
- 7 Romans 13:13; 2 Peter 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Acts 2:15; Daniel 5:4–5
- 8 Romans 13:12–13; 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:11; Isaiah 59:17; Hebrews 10:35–36
- 9 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Peter 2:10; 2 Timothy 2:10; Acts 13:48; Proverbs 16:4
- 10 Romans 14:8–9; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Ephesians 5:2; Matthew 20:28
- 11 Ephesians 4:29; Romans 15:2; Hebrews 10:25; Hebrews 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:18
- 12 Hebrews 13:17; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; 1 Corinthians 16:18; 1 Corinthians 16:16
- 13 Mark 9:50; Hebrews 12:14; Galatians 6:6; James 3:18; John 13:34–35
- 14 2 Timothy 4:2; Romans 14:1; Acts 20:35; 2 Thessalonians 3:6–7; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 15 1 Peter 3:9; Galatians 6:10; Leviticus 19:18; 3 John 11; Romans 12:17–21
- 16 Romans 12:12; Philippians 4:4; Matthew 5:12; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Luke 10:20
- 17 Romans 12:12; Colossians 4:2; Ephesians 6:18; Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36
- 18 Ephesians 5:20; Philippians 4:6; Colossians 3:17; Hebrews 13:15; Job 1:21
- 19 Ephesians 4:30; Acts 7:51; 2 Timothy 1:6; 1 Timothy 4:14; Isaiah 63:10
- 20 1 Corinthians 14:3–6; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 11:4; Numbers 11:25–29; 1 Corinthians 14:37–39
- 21 1 John 4:1; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:10; Luke 12:57; Acts 17:11
- 22 2 Corinthians 6:3; Philippians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 8:20–21; 1 Corinthians 10:31–33; Romans 12:17
- 23 Jude 24; 1 Corinthians 1:8–9; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Peter 5:10
- 24 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Peter 5:10
- 25 Philippians 1:19; Hebrews 13:18–19; 2 Corinthians 1:11; Philemon 22; Ephesians 6:18–20
- 26 Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20
- 27 Colossians 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:1; 1 Timothy 5:21; Matthew 26:63; 1 Kings 22:16
- 28 Romans 16:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:18; Romans 1:7; Romans 16:23
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