The First Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the CHAP. I. AUL, and Silvanus,a and Timotheus, A. D. 54. Paulo the church of the Thessaloni 4 1Pe.5.12. ans which is in God the Father and in b Ac.16.1, &c. the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace c be unto e Ep.1.2. you, and peace, from God our Father,and. the Lord Jesus Christ. d Ep 4.1. 2 We give thanks to God always for you e Co.1.9. all,making mention of you in our prayers;f 3 Remembering without ceasing your work f of faith, and labour g of love, and patience h of hope in our Lord Jesus: Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren 1 beloved, your election of God. 5 For our gospel came I not unto you in word only, but also in power, m and in then Holy Ghost,and in much assurance; o as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. Jno.6.29. He.6.10. Ro.12.12. Mat.10.40. 2Pe.3.2. i or, beloved of God, your election. k Ja.1.18. 1Pe.1.23. Is.55 11. Mar. 16.20. m 1Co.2.4. 6 And ye became p followers of us, and n 2Co.6.6. of the Lord, having received the word in o He.2.3. much affliction, with joy r of the Holy p 2Co 8.5. Ghost; q Ac.7.52. 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. or, chased us out. For from you sounded out the word r Ac 13.52. of the Lord not only in Macedonia and s Ac.17.5, 13. Achaia, but also in every place w your 18.12. faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. Ge.15.16. Mat.23.32. 9 For they themselves shew of us what u Ro. 10.18. manner of entering in we had unto you, v Re.22.11. and how ye turned to God x from idols, w 2Th. 1.4. to serve the living and true God; | 21Co.I2.2. 10 And to wait y for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead,cven y Ph.3.20. Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath 3or, glorying. z 2Co.1.14. Ph.4-1. to come. CHAP. II. Ga.4.8. OR yourselves, brethren, know our a Jude 24. in vain : Ro.5.9. 2 But even after that we had suffered be-c Re.1.7. fore,and were shamefully entreated,as ye d Ac.17.15. kuow,at Philippi,e we were fbold in our e Ac.16.22,&c, God to speak unto you the gospel of God f Ac. 17.2,3. with much contention. g g Jude 3. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit,h 2Pe. 1.16. h nor of uncleanness, nor in guile : i Ep.3.13. 4 But as we were allowed of God to be k 1Ti.1.11,12. put in trust k with the gospel,even so we Juo.16.2. speak; not as pleasing men, but God, ICo.4.9. which trieth our hearts. 2Ti.2.12. 1Pe.2.21. n ver.1. 5 For neither m at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke m 2Co.2.17. of covetousness; God is witness: 6 Nor of men o sought we glory, nei-o Jno.5.41,44. ther of ou, nor yet of others, when we Ga.1.10. might have 4 been burdensonie, q as the p 2Co.11.2,3. apostles of Christ. 4 or, used 15. 7 But we were gentle among you, even authority. as a nurse cherisheth her children: q 2Co.12.13. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have s imparted r Ga.4.11. unto you, not the gospel of God only, but s Ro.1.11. also our own souls, because ye were dear t Ph.1.8. u 2Co.7.6,7. unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our lav Ac.20.34,35 bour v and travail: for labouring night 2Th.3.7,8. and day,because we would not be charge- w Ep.6.13.14 able unto any of you, we preached unto Ph.4.1. you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we be haved ourselves among you that believe: Il As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk d worthy of God, who e hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye re ceived the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not i as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh k also in you that believe. 14 For ye.brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus; for ye also have saffered like things of yourown countrymen, even as they have of the Jews; 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their q own prophets, and have 2persecu ted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men ; 16 Forbidding s us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill cup their sins alway; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. v 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. IS Wherefore we would have come un to you, even I Paul, once and again: but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of 3 rejoicing? Are not even ye in z the presence a of our Lord Jesus Christ at his c coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy. CHAP. III. HEREFORE when we could no W longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent d Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith; 3 That i no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. 5 For this cause, when n I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest p by some means the tempter bave tempted you,and our labour rbe in vain. 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring t greatly to see us, as we also to see you; 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you, in all our affliction and distress, by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast w the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to Go again for you, for all the joy wherewith 149 Destination of departed Saints. we joy for your sakes before our God; 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 direct our way unto you. 1 THESS. V. a 2Co.13.9,11 Col.4.12. 12 And the Lord make you to increase and 1 or, guide. 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even p Ro. 14.8,9. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love, ye need not that I write unto you; for yet yourselves are taught u of God to love one another. r Le.11.44. Exhortations to Faith and Holiness. B% 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh b as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail d upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in dark. ness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore h let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. i 7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be so ber, putting on the breast-plate m of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed o us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether pwe wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore 6 comfort yourselves to gether, and edify one another, even as also ye do. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them s which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be t at Mar.9.50. peace among yourselves. uJno.15.12,17 14 Now we 8 exhort you, brethren, 8 or, beseech.warn them that are 9 unruly, v comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, w be patient x toward all men. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the 9 or, disor brethren which are in all Macedonia: but derly. we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase v He.12.12. more and more: w Ro.15.1. 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and x Ep.4.2. to a do your own business, and to work y Pr.20.22. with your own hands, as we commanded 24.29. you; Mat.5.39,44 12 That ye may walk honestly d to- 1 Pe.3.9. ward them that are without, and that yez Ga.6.10. may have lack of 10 nothing. a 1Pe.4.15. 13 But I would not have you to be ig-b Ph.4.4. norant, brethren, concerning them which c Ro.12.12. are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as d Ro.13.13. others which have no hope. e Ep.5.20. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and 100r,no man. rose again, even so l them also which f Ep.4.30. sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. ICo.14.1,39 15 For this we say unto you by the h 1Jno.4.1. word of the Lord, that we which are i Ph.4.8. alive, and remain unto the coming of the k Is.33.15. Lord, shall not prevent them which are 1Co.15.20, asleep. &c. 16 For o the Lord himself shall descend m 1Co.1.8,9. from heaven with a shout, with the voice n 1Co.10.13. of the archangel, and with the trump of 2Th.3.3. God: and the dead in Christ shall rise o Mat.24.30, 31. Ac.1.11. first: P exhort. 15 See that none render y evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow z that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 16 Rejoice bevermore. 17 Pray c without ceasing. 18 In e every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench f not the Spirit. 20 Despise g not prophesyings. 21 Prove h all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless m unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he n that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with an' holy kiss. 27 I 11 charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read unto all the holy breth The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS. 2 Grace unto you, and peace, from c 1Jno.4.3. God our Father and the Lord Jesus dDa.7.10,11. Christ. e Is.11.4. Re. 19.15,21. f He.10.27. g 2Co.9.2. 1Th.2.19,20. h Ja.5.11. Ph.1.28. He.3.13. 1Co.16.22. 1Th.2.14. 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth : 4 So that we ourselves glory g in you in the churches of God, for your pa-j tience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure; h 5 Which is i a manifest token of the He. 10.32,33. righteous judgment of God, that ye may m Re.6.10. be counted worthy of the kingdom of n Ez.14.9. God, for which ye also suffer: 1 Ro.1.24. 6 Seeing m it is a righteous thing with o Re.14.13. God to recompense tribulation to themp De.32.35. that trouble you ; q 1Th.4.16. 7 And to you who are troubled, o rest Jude 14. with us; when the Lord Jesus q shall be 2 the angels revealed from heaven with 2 his mighty of his power. angels, T c.1.3. 8 In's flaming fire, 3 taking t vengeances He.10.27. on them that know u not God, and v that 2Pe.3.7. obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 3or, yielding. Christ: t De.32.41,43. 9 Who shall be punished with ever-u Ps.79.6. lasting destruction x from the presence Zep.1.6. of the Lord, and from the glory z of his v Ro.2.8. power; w Ep.1.4. 10 When he shall come to be b glorified 1Th.1.4. in his saints, and to be admired c in all 1Pe.1.2. them that believe (because our testimony x Ph.3.19. among you was believed) in that day. 2Pe.3.7. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for y 1Pe.5.10. you, that our God would count you z Is.2.19. worthy e of this calling, and fulfil all the a Jno.17.22. good pleasure of his goodness, and the b Mat.25.31. work of faith with power; c Ps.68.35. 12 That g the name of our Lord Jesus d Jno.13.1. Christ may be glorified in you, and ye Re.1.5. in him according to the grace of our 4or,vouchsafe, God and the Lord Jesus Christ. e Col.1.12. Re.3.4. NOW CHAP. II. TOW we beseech you, brethren, by f 1Pe. 1.3. the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, g 1Pe.1.7. and by our gathering together unto 5 run. him, 6 absurd. 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, h Co.1.9. or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by Mat.24.4-6. word, nor by letter, as from us, as i that k Jno.17.15. the day of Christ is at hand. 1 2Co.7.16. 3 Let no maa deceive you by any m 1Ti.4.1. means: for that day shall not come, ex-n Da.7.25. cept m there come a falling away first, o Jno.17.12. and that man of sin n be revealed, the p 1Ch.29.18. o son of perdition: or, patience 4 Who opposeth and exalteth q him- of Christ. self above all that is called God, or that q Is.14.13. is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth Re. 13.6. in the temple of God, shewing himself r 11.6.5. that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withhold. eth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity deth already c work only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. S And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall d consume with the spirit e of his mouth, and shall destroy f with the brightness of his coming. 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with ali deceivableness j of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love k of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, n that they should believe a lie : 12 That p they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we r are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen w you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth; 14 Whereunto y he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory a of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epis tle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, which d hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope ƒ through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. CHAP. III. FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have course, and be glorified, even as it is with vou: 2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable 6 and wicked men for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord h is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep k you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct p your hearts int the love of God, and into the patie waiting for Christ. 6 Now we command you, brethre in the name of our Lord Jesus Chris that ye withdraw r yourselves from every Commands and Directions. brother a that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which ye received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought e with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, g but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that k if any would not work, neither should he eat. 2 THESS. 111. A. D. 54. a 1Co.5.11,13. b Ep.4 28. lor, faint not. c 1Co.15.58. 2or, signify that man by an epistle. d Mat.18.17. ver.6. e Ac. 18.3. 20 34. f Le.19. 17. Co.9.6. h R.16.20. Apostolic Benedictions. [Christ, that with quietness they work, b and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, 1 be not c weary in well doing. 14 And if any man obey not our word by 2this epistle, note that man, and have d no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, out admonish him as a brother.f 16 Now the Lord h of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. 17 The salutation i of Paul with mine. own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ Le with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens. The First Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to TIMOTHY. PAUL CHAP. I. A. D. 65. JL, an apostle of Jesus Christ, a by by the comandment of God our Sa-a Ac.9.15. viour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is b c.4.14. our hope. c c Co.1.27. 2 Unto Timothy, d my own son e in the d Ac.16.1. faith: Grace, g mercy, and peace, from le Ti.1.4. God our Father and Jesus Christ our ft.3.9. Lord. g Ga.1.3. 5 Now the end of the command-2 or, eminent 6 From which some 3 having swerved, o o 2Tt.4.10. p Jno.3.15,16. 2Pe.3.9. q Ro.1.22. 8 But we know that the law is good, sr Ro.3.30. if a man use it lawfully; s Ro.7.12. 9 Knowing this, that the law is not t He.9.15. 10 For whorem:ongers, for them that y He.10.22. 11 According to the glorious gospel of 5 or, plaited. 13 Who was before g a blasphemer, 1Co.15.9. and a persecutor, and injuricus: but 1h Lu.23.34. obtained mercy, because I did it igno-i 2Ti.2.11. rantly in unbelief. Tit.3.8. 14 And the grace of our Lord was ex-k Mat.9.13. 15 This is a faithful isaying, and worthy m Ro.15.4. 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding f faith, and a go d conscience,' which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck: 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alex. ander; whom I have delivered h unto Satan, that they may learn not to blas pheme. I CHAP. II. EXHORT therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority: 2 that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who p will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one r God, and one me diator t between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 Who gave himself a ransom w for all to 4 be testified in due time. 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 8 I will therefore that men pray x everywhere, lifting up holy y hands, without wrath and doubting. 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, 10 But (which becometh women pro fessing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. CHAP. III. shew forth all long-suffering, for a pat-6 or, modest. is a true saying, If a man desire tern m to them which should hereafter s 1Ch.29.11. believe on him to life everlasting. 17 Now unto the King o eternal, immortal, p invisible, q the only wise r God, be honours and glory for ever and ever Amen. 1 or,not ready wrong, as me in wine. the office of a bishop, I he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop n then must be blameles the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober of 6 good behaviour, given to hospitality apt to teach: 3 Not 7 given to wine, no striker, no |