| 1 | Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; |
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Λοιπὸνοῦν,αδελφοί,ερωτῶμενυμᾶςκαὶπαρακαλοῦμενενκυρίωΙησοῦ,ίνακαθὼςπαρελάβετεπαρ᾿ημῶντὸπῶςδεῖυμᾶςπεριπατεῖνκαὶαρέσκεινθεῶ,καθὼςκαὶπεριπατεῖτε,ίναπερισσεύητεμᾶλλον.
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| 2 | for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. |
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οίδατεγὰρτίναςπαραγγελίαςεδώκαμενυμῖνδιὰτοῦκυρίουΙησοῦ.
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| 3 | For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; |
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τοῦτογάρεστινθέληματοῦθεοῦ,οαγιασμὸςυμῶν,απέχεσθαιυμᾶςαπὸτῆςπορνείας,
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| 4 | that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, |
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ειδέναιέκαστονυμῶντὸεαυτοῦσκεῦοςκτᾶσθαιεναγιασμῶκαὶτιμῆ,
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| 5 | not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; |
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μὴενπάθειεπιθυμίαςκαθάπερκαὶτὰέθνητὰμὴειδότατὸνθεόν,
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| 6 | that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. |
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τὸμὴυπερβαίνεινκαὶπλεονεκτεῖνεντῶπράγματιτὸναδελφὸναυτοῦ,διότιέκδικοςκύριοςπερὶπάντωντούτων,καθὼςκαὶπροείπαμενυμῖνκαὶδιεμαρτυράμεθα.
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| 7 | For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. |
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ουγὰρεκάλεσενημᾶςοθεὸςεπὶακαθαρσίααλλ᾿εναγιασμῶ.
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| 8 | Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit. |
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τοιγαροῦνοαθετῶνουκάνθρωποναθετεῖαλλὰτὸνθεὸντὸν[καὶ]διδόντατὸπνεῦμααυτοῦτὸάγιονειςυμᾶς.
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| 9 | But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; |
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Περὶδὲτῆςφιλαδελφίαςουχρείανέχετεγράφεινυμῖν,αυτοὶγὰρυμεῖςθεοδίδακτοίεστεειςτὸαγαπᾶναλλήλους·
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| 10 | and indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; |
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καὶγὰρποιεῖτεαυτὸειςπάνταςτοὺςαδελφοὺς[τοὺς]ενόλητῆΜακεδονία.παρακαλοῦμενδὲυμᾶς,αδελφοί,περισσεύεινμᾶλλον,
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| 11 | that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, |
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καὶφιλοτιμεῖσθαιησυχάζεινκαὶπράσσειντὰίδιακαὶεργάζεσθαιταῖςχερσὶνυμῶν,καθὼςυμῖνπαρηγγείλαμεν,
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| 12 | that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing. |
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ίναπεριπατῆτεευσχημόνωςπρὸςτοὺςέξωκαὶμηδενὸςχρείανέχητε.
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| 13 | But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. |
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Ουθέλομενδὲυμᾶςαγνοεῖν,αδελφοί,περὶτῶνκοιμωμένων,ίναμὴλυπῆσθεκαθὼςκαὶοιλοιποὶοιμὴέχοντεςελπίδα.
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| 14 | For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. |
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ειγὰρπιστεύομενότιΙησοῦςαπέθανενκαὶανέστη,ούτωςκαὶοθεὸςτοὺςκοιμηθένταςδιὰτοῦΙησοῦάξεισὺναυτῶ.
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| 15 | For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. |
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Τοῦτογὰρυμῖνλέγομενενλόγωκυρίου,ότιημεῖςοιζῶντεςοιπεριλειπόμενοιειςτὴνπαρουσίαντοῦκυρίουουμὴφθάσωμεντοὺςκοιμηθέντας·
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| 16 | For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. |
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ότιαυτὸςοκύριοςενκελεύσματι,ενφωνῆαρχαγγέλουκαὶενσάλπιγγιθεοῦ,καταβήσεταιαπ᾿ουρανοῦ,καὶοινεκροὶενΧριστῶαναστήσονταιπρῶτον,
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| 17 | Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. |
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έπειταημεῖςοιζῶντεςοιπεριλειπόμενοιάμασὺναυτοῖςαρπαγησόμεθαεννεφέλαιςειςαπάντησιντοῦκυρίουειςαέρα·καὶούτωςπάντοτεσὺνκυρίωεσόμεθα.
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| 18 | Therefore comfort one another with these words. |
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Ώστεπαρακαλεῖτεαλλήλουςεντοῖςλόγοιςτούτοις.
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