Parallel Bible results for "1 thessalonians 4:16 -5:6"

1 Thessalonians 4

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Therefore, brothers, just as you learned from us how you had to live in order to please God, and just as you are living this way now, we ask you - indeed, united with the Lord Yeshua, we urge you - to keep doing so more and more.

2 For you know what instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Yeshua.

3 What God wants is that you be holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

4 that each of you know how to manage his sexual impulses in a holy and honorable manner,

5 without giving in to lustful desires, like the pagans who don't know God.

6 No one should wrong his brother in this matter or take advantage of him, because the Lord punishes all who do such things - as we have explained to you before at length.

7 For God did not call us to live an unclean life but a holy one.

8 Therefore, whoever rejects this teaching is rejecting not a man but God, indeed, the One who gives you the Ruach HaKodesh, which is his.

9 Concerning love for the brothers we do not need to write you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other;

10 and you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do it even more.

11 Also, make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own business and to earn your living by your own efforts - just as we told you.

12 Then your daily life will gain the respect of outsiders, and you will not be dependent on anyone.

13 Now, brothers, we want you to know the truth about those who have died; otherwise, you might become sad the way other people

14 do who have nothing to hope for. For since we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, we also believe that in the same way God, through Yeshua, will take with him those who have died.

15 When we say this, we base it on the Lord's own word: we who remain alive when the Lord comes will certainly not take precedence over those who have died.

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with God's shofar; those who died united with the Messiah will be the first to rise;

17 then we who are left still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.

18 So encourage each other with these words.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

3 For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

4 So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

5 Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

6 And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;

11 And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

13 But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

14 For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

17 Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

18 So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-6

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 But you have no need to have anything written to you, brothers, about the times and dates when this will happen;

2 because you yourselves well know that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

3 When people are saying, "Everything is so peaceful and secure," then destruction will suddenly come upon them, the way labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there is no way they will escape.

4 But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that the Day should take you by surprise like a thief;

5 for you are all people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We don't belong to the night or to darkness,

6 so let's not be asleep, like the rest are; on the contrary, let us stay alert and sober.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.