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Listen to the full First Epistle to the Thessalonians in the King James Version (KJV) with text.
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0:00 1 Thessalonians 1. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith
1:48 1 Thessalonians 2. Paul’s Ministry and Affection for the Church
5:13 1 Thessalonians 3. Encouragement in Persecution
7:18 1 Thessalonians 4. Living to Please God and the Coming of the Lord
10:00 1 Thessalonians 5. The Day of the Lord and Final Instructions
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The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, commonly known as 1 Thessalonians, is the thirteenth book of the New Testament and one of Paul’s earliest letters, written around AD 50–51. It was addressed to the church in Thessalonica, a city in Macedonia (modern-day Greece), which Paul had founded during his second missionary journey. The letter was written in response to reports about the young church’s faith, persecution, and questions about the return of Christ. It is a letter of encouragement, instruction, and hope, reminding the Thessalonians to stand firm in their faith and live in holiness while awaiting Jesus’ return.
Paul begins by expressing gratitude for the Thessalonians’ faith, love, and endurance, praising them for being an example to believers everywhere. He recalls how they turned from idols to serve the living God and how their reputation as faithful followers of Christ had spread throughout the region. He reminds them of his ministry among them, emphasizing that he did not come with impure motives or personal gain, but rather as a loving spiritual father and mother, nurturing them in the faith.
One of the major themes of 1 Thessalonians is perseverance in suffering. Paul acknowledges that the believers were facing severe persecution, just as he had when he was forced to leave the city. He encourages them by saying that suffering for Christ is not in vain, but a sign of their genuine faith. He expresses his deep longing to see them again and sends Timothy to check on their faith, rejoicing when he hears that they are standing firm despite opposition.
Paul then exhorts them to live in holiness and purity, particularly in matters of sexual morality, reminding them that God calls His people to sanctification and to live in a way that pleases Him. He also urges them to love one another deeply, work diligently, and live quietly, setting a good example for outsiders.
A key section of the letter addresses questions about the return of Christ (the Second Coming). Some believers were concerned about what would happen to those who had died before Christ’s return. Paul reassures them that when Jesus returns, the dead in Christ will rise first, and then those who are still alive will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air.
Audio Bible https://tienda.josepenacoto.com/products/the-bible-audiobook
đź“– Chapters
0:00 1 Thessalonians 1. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith
1:48 1 Thessalonians 2. Paul’s Ministry and Affection for the Church
5:13 1 Thessalonians 3. Encouragement in Persecution
7:18 1 Thessalonians 4. Living to Please God and the Coming of the Lord
10:00 1 Thessalonians 5. The Day of the Lord and Final Instructions
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9nL9AX7_1DODTGB18Hh_JCJr2s-l2KnL
The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, commonly known as 1 Thessalonians, is the thirteenth book of the New Testament and one of Paul’s earliest letters, written around AD 50–51. It was addressed to the church in Thessalonica, a city in Macedonia (modern-day Greece), which Paul had founded during his second missionary journey. The letter was written in response to reports about the young church’s faith, persecution, and questions about the return of Christ. It is a letter of encouragement, instruction, and hope, reminding the Thessalonians to stand firm in their faith and live in holiness while awaiting Jesus’ return.
Paul begins by expressing gratitude for the Thessalonians’ faith, love, and endurance, praising them for being an example to believers everywhere. He recalls how they turned from idols to serve the living God and how their reputation as faithful followers of Christ had spread throughout the region. He reminds them of his ministry among them, emphasizing that he did not come with impure motives or personal gain, but rather as a loving spiritual father and mother, nurturing them in the faith.
One of the major themes of 1 Thessalonians is perseverance in suffering. Paul acknowledges that the believers were facing severe persecution, just as he had when he was forced to leave the city. He encourages them by saying that suffering for Christ is not in vain, but a sign of their genuine faith. He expresses his deep longing to see them again and sends Timothy to check on their faith, rejoicing when he hears that they are standing firm despite opposition.
Paul then exhorts them to live in holiness and purity, particularly in matters of sexual morality, reminding them that God calls His people to sanctification and to live in a way that pleases Him. He also urges them to love one another deeply, work diligently, and live quietly, setting a good example for outsiders.
A key section of the letter addresses questions about the return of Christ (the Second Coming). Some believers were concerned about what would happen to those who had died before Christ’s return. Paul reassures them that when Jesus returns, the dead in Christ will rise first, and then those who are still alive will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air.
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00:00The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
00:04Chapter 1
00:06Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus, under the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God
00:13the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ, grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father
00:21and the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:23We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.
00:30Remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in
00:36our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and of our Father, knowing, brethren beloved,
00:42your election of God.
00:45For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Ghost, and
00:52in much assurance, as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
00:57And ye became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction
01:04with joy of the Holy Ghost.
01:07So that ye were in samples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
01:13For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in
01:20every place your faith to Godward is spread abroad, so that we need not to speak anything.
01:26For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye
01:32turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from
01:40heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the lath to come.
01:47Chapter 2
01:49For you yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain.
01:58But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know,
02:04at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
02:11For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile, but as we were
02:19allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men
02:26but God, which trieth our hearts.
02:29For neither at any time used we flattering words as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness,
02:36God is witness.
02:37Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you nor yet of others, when we might have been
02:44burdensome as the apostles of Christ.
02:47But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.
02:52So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you not
02:59the gospel to God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
03:07For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail, for laboring night and day, because we would
03:14not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
03:19Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves
03:27among you that believe, as ye know how we exhorted and comforted, and charged every one of you,
03:35as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto
03:41his kingdom and glory.
03:43For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which
03:50ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth the word
03:57of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
04:02For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus.
04:10For ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews,
04:16who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and they
04:23please not God, and are contrary to all men, forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that
04:31they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway, for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
04:39But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored
04:46the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
04:50Wherefore, we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, once and again, but Satan hindered us.
04:57For what is our hope, our joy, or crown of rejoicing, are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus
05:06Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy.
05:14Chapter 3
05:15Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone,
05:23and send Timotheus our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ,
05:30to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith, that no man should be moved by these
05:37afflictions, for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. For verily, when we were with
05:44you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation, even as it came to pass, and ye know.
05:51For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the
05:58tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain. But now when Timotheus came from you unto us,
06:06and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us
06:12always, desiring greatly to see us as we also to see you, therefore, brethren, we were comforted over
06:20you in all our affliction and distress by your faith. For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
06:29For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your
06:36sakes before our God, night and day, praying exceedingly, that we might see your face, and
06:44might perfect that which is lacking in your faith. Now God himself, and our Father, and our Lord Jesus
06:52Christ, direct our way unto you, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in
06:59love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you. To the end he may establish your
07:07hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all
07:16his saints. Chapter 4. Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus,
07:26that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
07:35For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your
07:42sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know
07:48how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor, not in the lust of concupiscence, even as
07:56the Gentiles which know not God, that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter,
08:03because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
08:10For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth,
08:18despiseth not man but God, who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. But his touching brotherly
08:27love ye need not that I write unto you, for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
08:34And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia. But we beseech you,
08:42brethren, that ye increase more and more, and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,
08:51and to work with your own hands as we commanded you, that ye may walk honestly toward them that are
08:58without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
09:05concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope. For if we
09:12believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them which also which sleep in Jesus will God bring
09:20with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the
09:27coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from
09:34heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God. And the dead in Christ
09:41shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up to gather with them in the
09:48clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another
09:57with these words. Chapter 5 But of the times and seasons, brethren,
10:05ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as
10:13a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them
10:22as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness,
10:30that that day should overtake you as a thief? Ye are all the children of light,
10:36and the children of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep,
10:44as do others, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that
10:52be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate
10:59of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
11:07but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep,
11:16we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another even
11:24as also ye do. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you
11:31in the Lord, and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake,
11:39and be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly,
11:46comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
11:52See that none render evil for evil unto any man, but ever follow that which is good, both among
12:00yourselves and to all men. Rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing, and every thing give thanks,
12:10for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit, despise not prophesyings,
12:19prove all things, prove all things, hold fast that which is good, abstain from all appearance of evil.
12:28And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly, and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be
12:36preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you,
12:43who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
12:52I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
12:57The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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