1 Thessalonians 2 | English Standard Version

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Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians

1 For you yourselves know, brothers,^[1] that our coming to you was not in vain. (1Th 1:9; 2Th 1:10) 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. (Ac 4:13; Ac 16:22; Ac 17:2; Php 1:30)

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3 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, (2Co 2:17; 2Co 4:2; 1Th 4:7; 2Th 2:11)

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4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. (Ps 17:3; Ro 8:27; Ga 1:10; Ga 2:7)

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5 For we never came with words of flattery,^[2] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness. (Ac 20:33; Ro 1:9; 1Th 2:10) 6 Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. (Joh 5:41; 1Co 9:1; 1Co 9:4; 2Co 4:5; 2Co 11:9; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:9; Phm 1:8)

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7 But we were gentle^[3] among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. (Isa 49:23; Isa 60:16; 1Co 14:20; 1Th 2:11; 2Ti 2:24)

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8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. (2Co 12:15) 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. (Ac 18:3; Php 4:16; 2Th 3:8) 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. (1Th 1:5; 1Th 2:5) 11 For you know how, like a father with his children, (1Co 4:14; 1Th 2:7) 12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. (Ro 8:28; Eph 4:1; Eph 4:17; 1Th 5:24; 2Th 2:14; 1Pe 5:10)

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13 And we also thank God constantly^[4] for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men^[5] but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. (Mt 10:20; Ro 10:17; Ga 4:14; 1Th 1:2; Heb 4:12)

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14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,^[6] (Ac 17:5; 1Co 7:17; 1Th 1:6; 1Th 3:4; 2Th 1:4; Heb 10:33)

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15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind (Es 3:8; Jer 2:30; Mt 5:12; Mt 23:29; Lu 24:20)

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16 by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!^[7] (Ge 15:16; Ac 13:45; Ac 13:50; Ac 14:2; Ac 14:19; Ac 17:5; Ac 17:13; Ac 18:12; Ac 22:21; 1Th 1:10)

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Paul’s Longing to See Them Again

17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, (1Co 5:3; Col 2:5; 1Th 3:10) 18 because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. (Ro 1:13; Ro 15:22) 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? (Mt 24:3; 1Co 15:23; 1Co 15:31; 2Co 1:14; Php 4:1; 1Th 3:13; 1Th 4:15; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 1:4; 2Th 2:1; 2Th 2:8; Jas 5:7; 2Pe 1:16; 2Pe 3:4; 2Pe 3:12; 1Jo 2:28)

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20 For you are our glory and joy.

الكتاب المقدس

خدمة بولس في تسالونيكي

1 فَإِنَّكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ قُدُومَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَاطِلاً. 2 فَمَعَ أَنَّنَا كُنَّا قَدْ قَاسَيْنَا الأَلَمَ وَالإِهَانَةَ فِي مَدِينَةِ فِيلِبِّي، كَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ، فَقَدْ تَجَرَّأْنَا فِي إِلَهِنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ اللهِ مُجَاهِدِينَ فِي وَجْهِ الْمُعَارَضَةِ الشَّدِيدَةِ. 3 فَمَا كَانَ وَعْظُنَا صَادِراً عَنْ ضَلالٍ وَلا عَنْ نَجَاسَةٍ، وَلا خَالَطَهُ مَكْرٌ، 4 بَلْ إِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ كَمَنْ تَبَيَّنَ مِنِ اخْتِبَارِ اللهِ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَهْلٌ لأَنْ يُؤْتَمَنُوا عَلَى الإِنْجِيلِ، لِنُرْضِيَ لَا النَّاسَ بَلِ اللهَ الَّذِي يَخْتَبِرُ قُلُوبَنَا. 5 وَكَمَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَيْضاً، فَإِنَّنَا لَمْ نَسْتَعْمِلْ مَعَكُمْ قَطُّ كَلامَ التَّمَلُّقِ، وَلا اتَّخَذْنَا ذَرِيعَةً لِلطَّمَعِ إِنَّمَا اللهُ شَاهِدٌ 6 وَلا سَعَيْنَا لِنَوَالِ مَجْدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ، لَا مِنْكُمْ وَلا مِنْ غَيْرِكُمْ، 7 مَعَ أَنَّ لَنَا الْحَقَّ فِي أَنْ نَفْرِضَ أَنْفُسَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ بِاعْتِبَارِنَا رُسُلاً لِلْمَسِيحِ. وَلَكِنَّنَا كُنَّا مُتَرَفِّقِينَ بِكُمْ كَأُمٍّ مُرْضِعٍ تَحْنُو عَلَى أَوْلادِهَا. 8 وَإِذْ كَانَ حُنُوُّنَا عَلَيْكُمْ شَدِيداً، ارْتَضَيْنَا أَنْ نُقَدِّمَ إِلَيْكُمْ لَا إِنْجِيلَ اللهِ فَقَطْ بَلْ أَنْفُسَنَا أَيْضاً، لأَنَّكُمْ صِرْتُمْ مَحْبُوبِينَ لَدَيْنَا. 9 فَأَنْتُمْ تَذْكُرُونَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، جَهْدَنَا وَكَدَّنَا، إِذْ بَشَّرْنَاكُمْ بِإِنْجِيلِ اللهِ وَنَحْنُ نَشْتَغِلُ لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً لِكَيْ لَا نَكُونَ عِبْئاً ثَقِيلاً عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ. 10 فَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ، وَيَشْهَدُ اللهُ، كَيْفَ تَصَرَّفْنَا بَيْنَكُمْ، أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، بِطَهَارَةٍ وَاسْتِقَامَةٍ وَبَرَاءَةٍ مِنَ اللَّوْمِ، 11 كَمَا أَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ عَامَلْنَاكُمْ مُعَامَلَةَ الأَبِ لأَوْلادِهِ، فَكُنَّا نَعِظُ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ وَنُشَجِّعُكُمْ 12 وَنُحَرِّضُكُمْ أَنْ تَسْلُكُوا سُلُوكاً يَلِيقُ بِاللهِ، ذَاكَ الَّذِي يَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِهِ وَمَجْدِهِ. 13 وَلِذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً نَرْفَعُ الشُّكْرَ لِلهِ بِلا تَوَقُّفٍ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَمَّا تَلَقَّيْتُمْ مِنَّا كَلِمَةَ الْبِشَارَةِ مِنَ اللهِ، قَبِلْتُمُوهَا لَا كَأَنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ بَشَرٍ، بَلْ كَمَا هِيَ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ: بِاعْتِبَارِهَا كَلِمَةَ اللهِ الْعَامِلَةَ أَيْضاً فِيكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. 14 فَإِنَّكُمْ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، قَدْ صِرْتُمْ عَلَى مِثَالِ كَنَائِسِ اللهِ الَّتِي فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّة الَّتِي هِيَ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. فَأَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً قَاسَيْتُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِي بَنِي جِنْسِكُمْ مَا قَاسَوْهُ هُمْ عَلَى أَيْدِي الْيَهُودِ 15 الَّذِينَ قَتَلُوا الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءَ وَاضْطَهَدُونَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً، وَهُمْ لَا يُرْضُونَ اللهَ وَيُعَادُونَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً، 16 إِذْ يَمْنَعُونَنَا مِنْ تَبْشِيرِ الأُمَمِ لِيَخْلُصُوا، وَبِذَلِكَ يَسْتَكْمِلُونَ خَطَايَاهُمْ كُلَّ حِينٍ، وَلَكِنَّ الْغَضَبَ قَدْ حَلَّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَى الْغَايَةِ.

شوق بولس لرؤية المؤمنين في تسالونيكي

17 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ، فَإِذْ قَدْ افْتَرَقْنَا عَنْكُمْ لِمُدَّةٍ قَصِيرَةٍ، بِالْوَجْهِ لَا بِالْقَلْبِ، بَذَلْنَا جَهْداً أَوْفَرَ جِدّاً لِرُؤْيَةِ وُجُوهِكُمْ وَنَحْنُ فِي غَايَةِ الشَّوْقِ إِلَيْكُمْ. 18 وَلِهَذَا عَزَمْنَا أَنْ نَأْتِيَ إِلَيْكُمْ، عَلَى الأَخَصِّ أَنَا بُولُسَ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، فَعَاقَنَا الشَّيْطَانُ. 19 فَمَا هُوَ رَجَاؤُنَا أَوْ فَرَحُنَا أَوْ إِكْلِيلُ افْتِخَارِنَا أَمَامَ رَبِّنَا يَسُوعَ عِنْدَ عَوْدَتِهِ؟ أَلَيْسَ أَنْتُمْ؟ بَلَى، 20 لأَنَّكُمْ فَخْرُنَا وَفَرَحُنَا.