¹De cetero ergo, fratres,Therefore, concerning other things,rogamus vos et obsecramus in Domino Jesu,brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus,ut quemadmodum accepistis a nobis quomodo oporteat vos ambulare,that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God,et placere Deo,so also may you walk,sic et ambuletis ut abundetis magis.in order that you may abound all the more.

¹De cetero ergo, fratres,Therefore, concerning other things,rogamus vos et obsecramus in Domino Jesu,brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus,ut quemadmodum accepistis a nobis quomodo oporteat vos ambulare,that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God,et placere Deo,so also may you walk,sic et ambuletis ut abundetis magis.in order that you may abound all the more.

²Scitis enim quæ præcepta dederim vobis per Dominum Jesum.For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

²Scitis enim quæ præcepta dederim vobis per Dominum Jesum.For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

³Hæc est enim voluntas Dei,For this is the will of God,sanctificatio vestra:your sanctification:ut abstineatis vos a fornicatione,that you should abstain from fornication,

³Hæc est enim voluntas Dei,For this is the will of God,sanctificatio vestra:your sanctification:ut abstineatis vos a fornicatione,that you should abstain from fornication,

⁴ut sciat unusquisque vestrum vas suum possidere in sanctificatione,that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctificationet honore:and honor,

⁴ut sciat unusquisque vestrum vas suum possidere in sanctificatione,that each one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctificationet honore:and honor,

⁵non in passione desiderii,not in passions of lust,sicut et gentes, quæ ignorant Deum:like the Gentiles who do not know God,

⁵non in passione desiderii,not in passions of lust,sicut et gentes, quæ ignorant Deum:like the Gentiles who do not know God,

⁶et ne quis supergrediatur,and that no one should overwhelmneque circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum:or circumvent his brother in business.quoniam vindex est Dominus de his omnibus,For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things,sicut prædiximus vobis,just as we have preachedet testificati sumus.and testified to you.

⁶et ne quis supergrediatur,and that no one should overwhelmneque circumveniat in negotio fratrem suum:or circumvent his brother in business.quoniam vindex est Dominus de his omnibus,For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things,sicut prædiximus vobis,just as we have preachedet testificati sumus.and testified to you.

⁷Non enim vocavit nos Deus in immunditiam,For God has not called us to impurity,sed in sanctificationem.but to sanctification.

⁷Non enim vocavit nos Deus in immunditiam,For God has not called us to impurity,sed in sanctificationem.but to sanctification.

⁸Itaque qui hæc spernit,And so, whoever despises these teachings,non hominem spernit,does not despise man,sed Deum:but God,qui etiam dedit Spiritum suum Sanctum in nobis.who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.

⁸Itaque qui hæc spernit,And so, whoever despises these teachings,non hominem spernit,does not despise man,sed Deum:but God,qui etiam dedit Spiritum suum Sanctum in nobis.who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.

⁹De caritate autem fraternitatis non necesse habemus scribere vobis:But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you.ipsi enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis invicem.For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.

⁹De caritate autem fraternitatis non necesse habemus scribere vobis:But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you.ipsi enim vos a Deo didicistis ut diligatis invicem.For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.

¹⁰Etenim illud facitis in omnes fratres in universa Macedonia.For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia.Rogamus autem vos,But we petition you, brothers,fratres, ut abundetis magis,so that you may abound all the more,

¹⁰Etenim illud facitis in omnes fratres in universa Macedonia.For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia.Rogamus autem vos,But we petition you, brothers,fratres, ut abundetis magis,so that you may abound all the more,

¹¹et operam detis ut quieti sitis,to choose work that allows you to be tranquil,et ut vestrum negotium agatis,and to carry out your businesset operemini manibus vestris,and to do your work with your own hands,sicut præcepimus vobis:just as we have instructed you,

¹¹et operam detis ut quieti sitis,to choose work that allows you to be tranquil,et ut vestrum negotium agatis,and to carry out your businesset operemini manibus vestris,and to do your work with your own hands,sicut præcepimus vobis:just as we have instructed you,

¹²et ut honeste ambuletis ad eos qui foris sunt:and to walk honestly with those who are outside,et nullius aliquid desideretis.and to desire nothing belonging to another.

¹²et ut honeste ambuletis ad eos qui foris sunt:and to walk honestly with those who are outside,et nullius aliquid desideretis.and to desire nothing belonging to another.

¹³Nolumus autem vos ignorare fratres de dormientibus,And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping,ut non contristemini sicut et ceteri, qui spem non habent.so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.

¹³Nolumus autem vos ignorare fratres de dormientibus,And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping,ut non contristemini sicut et ceteri, qui spem non habent.so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope.

¹⁴Si enim credimus quod Jesus mortuus est, et resurrexit:For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again,ita et Deus eos qui dormierunt per Jesum, adducet cum eo.so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.

¹⁴Si enim credimus quod Jesus mortuus est, et resurrexit:For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again,ita et Deus eos qui dormierunt per Jesum, adducet cum eo.so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.

¹⁵Hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo Domini,For we say this to you,quia nos,in the Word of the Lord:qui vivimus,that we who are alive,qui residui sumus in adventum Domini,who remain until the return of the Lord,non præveniemus eos qui dormierunt.will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

¹⁵Hoc enim vobis dicimus in verbo Domini,For we say this to you,quia nos,in the Word of the Lord:qui vivimus,that we who are alive,qui residui sumus in adventum Domini,who remain until the return of the Lord,non præveniemus eos qui dormierunt.will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

¹⁶Quoniam ipse Dominus in jussu,For the Lord himself,et in voce archangeli,with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God,et in tuba Dei descendet de cælo:shall descend from heaven.et mortui,And the dead,qui in Christo sunt,who are in Christ,resurgent primi.shall rise up first.

¹⁶Quoniam ipse Dominus in jussu,For the Lord himself,et in voce archangeli,with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God,et in tuba Dei descendet de cælo:shall descend from heaven.et mortui,And the dead,qui in Christo sunt,who are in Christ,resurgent primi.shall rise up first.

¹⁷Deinde nos, qui vivimus,Next, we who are alive,qui relinquimur,who are remaining,simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Christo in aëra,shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air.et sic semper cum Domino erimus.And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.

¹⁷Deinde nos, qui vivimus,Next, we who are alive,qui relinquimur,who are remaining,simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Christo in aëra,shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air.et sic semper cum Domino erimus.And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always.

¹⁸Itaque consolamini invicem in verbis istis.Therefore, console one another with these words.

¹⁸Itaque consolamini invicem in verbis istis.Therefore, console one another with these words.