1I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy join me in writing.
We are sending this letter to you, the members of the church in Thessalonica. You belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Paul Prays and Gives Thanks
3Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. That is only right, because your faith is growing more and more. We also thank God that the love you all have for one another is increasing. 4So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.
5All of this proves that when God judges, he is fair. So you will be considered worthy to enter God’s kingdom. You are suffering for his kingdom. 6God is fair. He will pay back trouble to those who give you trouble. 7He will help you who are troubled. And he will also help us. All these things will happen when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come in blazing fire. He will come with his powerful angels. 8He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus. 9They will be destroyed forever. They will be shut out of heaven. They will never see the glory of the Lord’s strength. 10All these things will happen when he comes. On that day his glory will be seen in his holy people. Everyone who has believed will be amazed when they see him. This includes you, because you believed the witness we gave you.
11Keeping this in mind, we never stop praying for you. Our God has chosen you. We pray that he will make you worthy of his choice. We pray he will make every good thing you want to do come true. We pray that he will do this by his power. We pray that he will make perfect all that you have done by faith. 12We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory through what you have done. We also pray that you will receive glory through what he has done. We pray all these things in keeping with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
11.1: 1Tẹ 1.1; 2Kọ 1.19; Ap 16.1.Paulu, Sila àti Timotiu,
Sí ìjọ Tẹsalonika, nínú Ọlọ́run Baba wa àti Jesu Kristi Olúwa:
21.2: Ro 1.7.Oore-ọ̀fẹ́ àti àlàáfíà fún yín láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run baba àti Jesu Kristi Olúwa.
Àdúrà àti ìdúpẹ́
31.3: 1Tẹ 1.2.Ó yẹ kí a máa dúpẹ́ lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run nígbà gbogbo nítorí yín, ará, àní gẹ́gẹ́ bí ó ti yẹ, nítorí pé ìgbàgbọ́ yín ń dàgbà gidigidi, àti ìfẹ́ olúkúlùkù yín sí ara yín ń di púpọ̀. 4Nítorí náà, àwa tìkára wa ń fi yín ṣògo nínú ìjọ Ọlọ́run, nítorí sùúrù àti ìgbàgbọ́ yín nínú gbogbo inúnibíni àti wàhálà yín tí ẹ̀yin náà ń fi ara dà.
5Àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí jẹ́ ẹ̀rí pé òdodo ni ìdájọ́ Ọlọ́run àti pé nítorí èyí ni a ó kà yín yẹ fún ìjọba Ọlọ́run, nítorí èyí tí ẹ̀yin pẹ̀lú ṣe ń jìyà. 6Olódodo ni Ọlọ́run: Òun yóò pọ́n àwọn tí ń pọ́n yín lójú, lójú, 7Òun yóò sì fi ìtura fún ẹ̀yin tí a ti pọ́n lójú àti fún àwa náà pẹ̀lú. Èyí yóò sì ṣe nígbà ìfarahàn Jesu Olúwa láti ọ̀run wá fún wá nínú ọwọ́ iná pẹ̀lú àwọn angẹli alágbára. 81.8: Ga 4.8.Òun yóò fi ìyà jẹ àwọn tí kò mọ Ọlọ́run àti àwọn tí ń ṣe àìgbọ́ràn sí ìhìnrere Jesu Olúwa wa. 9A ó fi ìparun àìnípẹ̀kun jẹ wọ́n ní yà, a ó sì ṣe wọn mọ̀ kúrò níwájú Olúwa àti inú ògo agbára rẹ̀ 10Ní ọjọ́ tí yóò jẹ́ ẹni tí a ó yìn lógo nínú àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ rẹ̀ àti ẹni àwòyanu ní àárín gbogbo àwọn tí ó ti gbàgbọ́. Èyí kò yọ yín sílẹ̀, nítorí ẹ ti gba ẹ̀rí tí a jẹ́ sí yín gbọ́.
111.11: 1Tẹ 1.3.Nítorí èyí, àwa pẹ̀lú ń gbàdúrà fún un yín nígbà gbogbo, pé kí Ọlọ́run wa kí ó lè kà yín yẹ fún ìpè rẹ̀, àti pé nípa agbára rẹ̀, òun yóò mú gbogbo èrò rere yín ṣẹ àti gbogbo ohun tí ìgbàgbọ́ bá rú jáde. 12Wọ̀nyí ni àdúrà wa, kí orúkọ Jesu Olúwa wa lè di yíyìn lógo nínú yín àti ẹ̀yin nínú rẹ̀, gẹ́gẹ́ bí oore-ọ̀fẹ́ Ọlọ́run àti ti Jesu Kristi Olúwa.
