1 For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in {the} Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
2 For ye know what charges we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is {the} will of God, {even} your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honour,
5 (not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)
6 not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord {is} the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
7 For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.
8 He therefore that {in this} disregards {his brother}, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
9 Now concerning brotherly love ye have no need that we should write to you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 For also ye do this towards all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia; but we exhort you, brethren, to abound still more,
11 and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your {own} hands, even as we charged you,
12 that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.
13 But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
15 (For this we say to you in {the} word of {the} Lord, that *we*, the living, who remain to the coming of the Lord, are in no way to anticipate those who have fallen asleep;
16 for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
17 then *we*, the living who remain, shall be caught up together with them in {the} clouds, to meet the Lord in {the} air; and thus we shall be always with {the} Lord.
18 So encourage one another with these words.)
1 Peale selle nüüd, vennad, me palume ja manitseme teid Issandas Jeesuses, et teie, nõnda nagu te meilt olete õppinud, kuidas elada ja olla Jumalale meeltmööda, ja nõnda nagu te juba elategi, kasvaksite veel täiuslikumaks.
2 Sest te teate, mis käsud me teile oleme andnud Issanda Jeesuse läbi.
3 Sest see on Jumala tahtmine, teie pühitsus, et te hoiduksite hooruse eest,
4 et igaüks teie seast teaks hoida oma astjat pühaduses ja aus,
5 mitte himude kiimas, nõnda nagu paganad, kes ei tunne Jumalat,
6 et ükski teist ei teeks ülekohut ega petaks oma venda asjaajamises, sest et Issand on kättemaksja kõigi niisuguste asjade eest, nõnda nagu me olemegi teile enne öelnud ning tunnistanud.
7 Sest Jumal ei ole meid mitte kutsunud rüvedusele, vaid pühitsusele.
8 Seepärast, kes seda hülgab, ei hülga inimest, vaid Jumala, Kes ka annab Oma Püha Vaimu teie sisse.
9 Aga vennalikust armastusest ei ole vaja teile kirjutada, sest teid endid on Jumal õpetanud armastama üksteist;
10 sest te teete seda ka kõigile vendadele kogu Makedoonias. Me ainult manitseme teid, vennad, et te kasvaksite veel täiuslikumaks
11 ja otsiksite au selles, et elate vaiksesti ja ajate oma asju ning teete tööd oma kätega, nõnda nagu me oleme teid käskinud,
12 et te käitumises oleksite ausad nende vastu, kes on väljaspool, ega vajaks ühegi abi.
13 Aga me ei taha, et teil, vennad, oleks teadmata nende järg, kes on läinud magama, et teiegi ei läheks nõnda kurvaks nagu teised, kellel ei ole lootust.
14 Sest kui me usume, et Jeesus on surnud ning üles tõusnud, nõnda ka Jumal toob esile Jeesuse kaudu need, kes ühes Temaga on läinud magama.
15 Sest seda me ütleme teile Issanda sõnaga, et meie, kes elame ja üle jääme Issanda tulemiseni, ei jõua mitte ette neist, kes on läinud magama;
16 sest et Issand Ise tuleb taevast alla sõjahüüuga, peaingli hääle ning Jumala pasunaga, ja Kristuses surnud tõusevad üles esmalt;
17 selle järele kistakse meid, kes elame ja üle jääme, ühtlasi nendega pilvede peal Issandale vastu üles õhku, ja nõnda saame olla ikka ühes Issandaga.
18 Kinnitage nüüd üksteist nende sõnadega!