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1 Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, aknowing that you too have a Master in heaven.
2 aDevote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
3 praying at the same time afor us as well, that God will open up to us a bdoor for cthe word, so that we may speak forth dthe mystery of Christ, for which I have also ebeen imprisoned;
4 that I may make it clear ain the way I ought to speak.
5 1aConduct yourselves with wisdom toward boutsiders, 2cmaking the most of the opportunity.
6 aLet your speech always be 1with grace, as though seasoned with bsalt, so that you will know how you should crespond to each person.
7 aAs to all my affairs, bTychicus, our cbeloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information.
8 aFor I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may bencourage your hearts;
9 1and with him aOnesimus, our faithful and bbeloved brother, cwho is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here.
10 aAristarchus, my bfellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also cBarnabas’s cousin Mark (about whom you received 1instructions; dif he comes to you, welcome him);
11 and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only afellow workers for the kingdom of God bwho are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me.
12 aEpaphras, bwho is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always claboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may 1stand 2dperfect and 3fully assured in all the will of God.
13 For I testify for him that he has 1a deep concern for you and for those who are in aLaodicea and Hierapolis.
14 aLuke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also bDemas.
15 Greet the brethren who are in aLaodicea and also 1Nympha and bthe church that is in 2her house.
16 aWhen 1this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part aread 1my letter that is coming from bLaodicea.
17 Say to aArchippus, “Take heed to the bministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may 1fulfill it.”
18 1I, Paul, awrite this greeting with my own hand. bRemember my 2cimprisonment. dGrace be with you.
Thanksgiving for These Believers
1 aPaul and bSilvanus and cTimothy,
To the dchurch of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: eGrace to you and peace.
2 aWe give thanks to God always for all of you, bmaking mention of you in our prayers;
3 constantly bearing in mind your awork of faith and labor of blove and 1csteadfastness of hope 2in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of dour God and Father,
4 knowing, abrethren beloved by God, bHis choice of you;
5 for our agospel did not come to you in word only, but also bin power and in the Holy Spirit and with cfull conviction; just as you know dwhat kind of men we 1proved to be among you for your sake.
6 You also became aimitators of us and of the Lord, bhaving received cthe word in much tribulation with the djoy of the Holy Spirit,
7 so that you became an example to all the believers in aMacedonia and in bAchaia.
8 For athe word of the Lord has bsounded forth from you, not only in cMacedonia and dAchaia, but also ein every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.
9 For they themselves report about us what kind of a 1areception we had 2with you, and how you bturned to God cfrom 3idols to serve 4da living and true God,
10 and to await for His Son from 1heaven, whom He braised from the dead, that is Jesus, who crescues us from dthe wrath to come.
1 For you yourselves know, brethren, that our 1acoming to you bwas not in vain,
2 but after we had already suffered and been amistreated in bPhilippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God cto speak to you the dgospel of God amid much 1eopposition.
3 For our aexhortation does not come from berror or cimpurity or 1by way of ddeceit;
4 abut just as we have been approved by God to be bentrusted with the gospel, so we speak, cnot as pleasing men, but God who 1dexamines our hearts.
5 For we never came 1with flattering speech, as you know, nor with aa pretext for greed—bGod is witness—
6 nor did we aseek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as bapostles of Christ 1we might have 2asserted our authority.
7 But we 1proved to be 2agentle 3among you, bas a nursing mother 4tenderly cares for her own children.
8 Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to aimpart to you not only the bgospel of God but also our own 1lives, because you had become 2very dear to us.
9 For you recall, brethren, our alabor and hardship, how bworking night and day so as not to be a cburden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the dgospel of God.
10 You are witnesses, and so is aGod, bhow devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we 1behaved toward you 2believers;
11 just as you know how we were aexhorting and encouraging and 1bimploring each one of you as ca father would his own children,
12 so that you would awalk in a manner worthy of the God who bcalls you into His own kingdom and cglory.
13 For this reason we also constantly athank God that when you received the bword of God which you heard from us, you accepted it cnot as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, dwhich also performs its work in you who believe.
14 For you, brethren, became aimitators of bthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are cin Judea, for dyou also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, eeven as they did from the Jews,
15 awho both killed the Lord Jesus and bthe prophets, and 1drove us out. 2They are not pleasing to God, 2but hostile to all men,
16 ahindering us from speaking to the Gentiles bso that they may be saved; with the result that they always cfill up the measure of their sins. But dwrath has come upon them 1to the utmost.
17 But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a 1short while—ain 2person, not in 3spirit—were all the more eager with great desire bto see your face.
18 1For awe wanted to come to you—I, Paul, 2bmore than once—and yet cSatan dhindered us.
19 For who is our hope or ajoy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His 1bcoming?
20 For you are aour glory and joy.
Encouragement of Timothy’s Visit
1 Therefore awhen we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at bAthens alone,
2 and we sent aTimothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,
3 so that no one would be 1disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that awe have been destined for this.
4 For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; 1aand so it came to pass, 2as you know.
5 For this reason, awhen I could endure it no longer, I also bsent to 1find out about your faith, for fear that cthe tempter might have tempted you, and dour labor would be in vain.
6 But now that aTimothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of byour faith and love, and that you always cthink kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,
7 for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;
8 for now we really live, if you astand firm in the Lord.
9 For awhat thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,
10 as we anight and day keep praying most earnestly that we may bsee your face, and may ccomplete what is lacking in your faith?
11 aNow may bour God and Father cHimself and Jesus our Lord ddirect our way to you;
12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and aabound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you;
13 so that He may aestablish your hearts bwithout blame in holiness before cour God and Father at the 1dcoming of our Lord Jesus ewith all His 2saints.
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