Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,

For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!

with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: “If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.