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Nemilistli yejhuan quipactia Dios

Sa yejhua in, nocnihuan, sanoyej temechtlajtlaniliaj niman temechnojnotzaj yejhua ica in ican itocatzin toTeco Jesús, ica sa no ijqui quen tejhuamej otemechititijquej nemejhuamej para nenquipactisquej Dios, nochipa ijqui xchihuacan más. Nemejhuamej nenquimatztoquej on tlanahuatiltin yejhuan otemechmacaquej ican itlanahuatil toTeco Jesús. Dios quinequi xmochipahuacan niman ma ca xahuilnemican. Yej cada se ma quimati quen ijqui quipias isihuau ican chipahualistli niman ican tetlacaitalistli. Niman ma ca quipias ican on elehuilistli de telpocamej nion ican on xcuajli nequilistli ijcon quen quichihuaj on tlacamej yejhuan xquixmatij Dios. Ma ca yacaj ixcoejehuas niman quichihuas on tlen xcuajli itech icniu, pampa nochi ica on toTeco mechcastigaros chicahuac, ijcon quen tejhuamej yotemechijlijcaj. Dios, tej, xotechnotz para ticchihuasquej on tlen xchipahuac, yej para ticchihuasquej on tlen chipahuac. Ijcon, tej, yejhuan xquiselia in cuajli temachtilistli xquiselia yacaj ocse tlacatl, yej sa no Dios yejhuan techmaca Espíritu Santo.

Para temechtlajcuilhuisquej más yejhua ica on quen ijqui nemotlajsojtlasquej quen icniutin itech Cristo, xoc nonequi, pampa Dios cuajli yomechmachtij. 10 Niman melahuac nenquintlajsojtlaj nochimej on tocnihuan yejhuan chantij nochihuiyan ne Macedonia. Pero sanoyej temechtlajtlaniliaj, nocnihuan, ica nemotetlajsojtlalis más ma miyequiya. 11 Xchihuacan canica para nennemisquej ican yolsehuilistli. Ma ca nemocalactisquej campa nemejhuamej xmechtocarohua, niman ma ca xtlatzijquej, yej xtequitican ican nemomahuan ijcon quen tejhuamej otemechmachtijquej. 12 Ijcon xchihuacan para mechtlacaitasquej on yejhuan xtlaneltocaj niman para ma ca yacaj nenquitlajtlanilisquej itlaj ica mechpalehuis.

Ocsejpa huajlas toTeco

13 Nocnihuan, ticnequij xmatican tlinon impan nochihua on mimiquej para ma ca xmajmanacan quen ocsequimej yejhuan xquipiaj tlamachalistli. 14 Ticneltocaj ica Jesús omic niman onoyolihuitij niman onoquetzteu. Yejhua ica, tej, ticneltocaj ica Dios quinhuicas ihuan Jesús on tlaneltocaquej yejhuan yomiquej ijcuac huajlas ocsejpa. 15 Yejhua ica nemejhuamej temechijliaj ican itlajtol toTeco ica tejhuamej yejhuan titocahuasquej ican tonemilis hasta ijcuac huajlas toTeco, xachtoj techhuicas de on yejhuan yomiquej. 16 Sa no toTeco huajtemos ne ilhuicac ican tlajtojli de tequihuajquetl, ican itlajtol on ilhuicactequitquetl yejhuan yecatzticaj, niman ican itrompeta Dios. Ijcuacon on tlaneltocaquej yejhuan yomiquej, Cristo achtopa yejhuamej quinyolihuitis niman quinquetztehuas. 17 Quemaj yejhuan titocahuasquej ican tonemilis techhuicas inhuan yejhuamej ne ipan moxtli para ticonnamiquisquej toTeco ne ipan ajacatl. Ijcon tinemisquej ihuan toTeco para nochipa. 18 Yejhua ica, tej, xmoyoltlalican sequimej ihuan ocsequimej ica in tlajtojli.

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

It is God’s will(D) that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;(E) that each of you should learn to control your own body[a](F) in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust(G) like the pagans,(H) who do not know God;(I) and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b](J) The Lord will punish(K) all those who commit such sins,(L) as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.(M) Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(N)

Now about your love for one another(O) we do not need to write to you,(P) for you yourselves have been taught by God(Q) to love each other.(R) 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia.(S) Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,(T) 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(U) just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders(V) and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

Believers Who Have Died

13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed(W) about those who sleep in death,(X) so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.(Y) 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again,(Z) and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.(AA) 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord,(AB) will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.(AC) 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(AD) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(AE) and with the trumpet call of God,(AF) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(AG) 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(AH) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(AI) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(AJ) forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another(AK) with these words.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Or learn to live with your own wife; or learn to acquire a wife
  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.