1. Solúnčanom 4

1 Napokon vás teda, bratia, prosíme a napomíname v Pánu Ježišovi, aby ste čoraz viac rástli v tom, čo ste od nás prijali: ako máte žiť a páčiť sa Bohu, ako aj žijete.2 Veď viete, aké príkazy sme vám dali z moci Pána Ježiša.3 Lebo to je Božia vôľa, vaše posvätenie:4 aby ste sa zdržiavali smilstva a aby každý z vás vedel mať svoju nádobu vo svätosti a v úcte,5 nie v náruživej žiadostivosti ako pohania, ktorí nepoznajú Boha,6 aby nik v tejto veci nevybočil z medzí a nepodvádzal svojho brata, lebo Pán sa za to všetko pomstí, ako sme vám už povedali a dosvedčili.7 Veď Boh nás nepovolal pre nečistotu, ale pre posvätenie.8 A kto týmto pohŕda, nepohŕda človekom, ale Bohom, ktorý vám dáva aj svojho Svätého Ducha.9 O bratskej láske vám netreba písať, veď vás sám Boh poučil, aby ste sa milovali navzájom.10 A vy to aj robíte všetkým bratom po celom Macedónsku. Len vás, bratia, prosíme, aby ste v tom čoraz viac rástli11 a usilovali sa žiť pokojne, plniť si povinnosti a pracovať vlastnými rukami, ako sme vám prikázali;12 aby ste sa počestne správali voči tým, čo sú mimo, a aby ste nemuseli od nikoho nič žiadať.13 Nechceme, bratia, aby ste nevedeli, ako je to so zosnulými, aby ste sa nezarmucovali ako ostatní, čo nemajú nádej.14 Lebo ak veríme, že Ježiš zomrel a vstal z mŕtvych, tak Boh aj tých, čo zosnuli, skrze Ježiša privedie s ním.15 Toto vám hovoríme podľa Pánovho slova: My, čo žijeme a zostaneme až do Pánovho príchodu, nepredídeme tých, čo zosnuli.16 Lebo na povel, na hlas archanjela a zvuk Božej poľnice sám Pán zostúpi z neba a tí, čo umreli v Kristovi, vstanú prví.17 Potom my, čo žijeme a zostaneme, budeme spolu s nimi v oblakoch uchvátení do vzduchu v ústrety Pánovi, a tak budeme navždy s Pánom.18 Preto sa potešujte navzájom týmito slovami!

1 THESSALONIANS 4

A Life That Pleases God

1 Finally, my dear friends, since you belong to the Lord Jesus, we beg and urge you to live as we taught you. Then you will please God. You are already living that way, but try even harder. 2 Remember the instructions we gave you as followers of the Lord Jesus. 3 God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex. 4 Respect and honor your wife.t 5 Don't be a slave of your desires or live like people who don't know God. 6 You must not cheat any of the Lord's followers in matters of sex.t Remember, we warned you that he punishes everyone who does such things. 7 God didn't choose you to be filthy, but to be pure.

8 So if you don't obey these rules, you are not really disobeying us. Instead, you are disobeying God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
9 We don't have to write you about the need to love each other. God has taught you to do this, 10 and you already have shown your love for all his people in Macedonia. But, my dear friends, we ask you to do even more. 11 Try your best to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work hard, just as we taught you to do.

12 t Then you will be respected by people who are not followers of the Lord, and you won't have to depend on anyone.

The Lord's Coming

15 t t Our Lord Jesus told us that when he comes, we won't go up to meet him ahead of his followers who have already died.
16  t With a loud command and with the shout of the chief angel and a blast of God's trumpet, the Lord will return from heaven. Then those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life. 17 Next, all of us who are still alive will be taken up into the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the sky. From that time on we will all be with the Lord forever. 18 Encourage each other with these words.