8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the o 2 Th. 2. 13. breastplate of faith p Ro. 14. 8. and love; and for an 2 Co. 5. 15. helmet, the hope of q ch. 4. 18. salvation. † Or, 9 For God hath exhort. not appointed us to r 1 Co.16.18. wrath, but to obtains Mar. 9. 50. salvation by our Lord or, Jesus Christ, beseech. precepts. u comfort the feebleminded, Support the weak, bey patient toward all men. that 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever a follow which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 16 b Rejoice ever without 18 d In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in 10 p Who died for t 2 Th. 3. 11. Christ Jesus concern us, that, whether we, or, wake or sleep, we disorderly. should live together with him. 19 Quench not the ing you. He. 12.12. Spirit. x Ro. 14. 1. Le. 19. 18. 11 q Wherefore comfort yourselves y Ga. 5. 22. together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. Ma. 5. 39. a Ga. 6, 10. 12 And we beseech b Ph. 4. 4. you, brethren, rto e Lu. 18. 1. know them which d Ep. 5. 20. labour among you, e Ep. 4. 30. and are over you in f 1 Co. 14. 1. the Lord, and admo- g 1 Jno. 4. 1. nish you; h Ph. 4. 8. 13 And to esteem them very highly in ich. 4. 12. love for their work'sk Ph. 4. 9. sake. And be at peace! ch. 3. 13. among yourselves. m 1 Co. 1. 8. 14 Now we Tex-n 1 Co. 1. 9. hort you, brethren, warnt them that arel not 20 f Despise prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold b fast that which is good. 22 i Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And k the very God of peace I sanctify you wholly; and pray God your whole Spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, ° o Col. 4. 3. for us. pray p Ro.16.16. benediction. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. The first epistle un Closing 2 Th. 3. 14. to the Thessaloniwas written from Athens. Christianity in Thessalonica has never been quite extinct, since it was first planted there by St. Paul. It has at present 30 Christian churches, 40 Jewish synagogues, and 48 Mahomedan mosque It is now called by the Turks Salonichi. This Epistle furnishes four convincing arguments of the Divine origin of Christianity:-viz. I. That many miracles were wrought by the first preachers of the Gospel. II. That they brought upon themselves all manner of present evils without the least prospect of worldly advantage. III. That the precepts delivered by them, were holy in their character, and thus worthy of God, and highly beneficial to mankind. IV. That Jesus was declared to be the Son of God, by his resurrection from the dead. It is thought by the best critics, that it was written before any other of the apostolical Epistles, from Corinth, about A. D. 54, and not from Athens, as the postcript states. ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ Η ΠΡΟΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ. The Second Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 4 So that e we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for f your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is ha manifest token of the righteousjudgment of God, that ye may be Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heavent Or, with this mighty an-yielding. gels, 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glori fied in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesu Christ. CHAP. II. 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, a by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and b by our gathertogether unto o Ps. 79. 6. 1 Th. 4. 5. vengeance p Ro. 2. 8. Ph. 3. 19. 2 Pe. 3. 7. ing De. 33. 2. him, 8 n In flaming fire taking on them that know not God, and P that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: r Is. 2. 19. s Ps. 89. 7. 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good i pleasure of his good-l Ep. 5. 6. e 1 Ti. 4. 1. f Da. 7. 25. 1Jno.2.18. Re. 13. 11. Jno.17.12. Is. 14. 13. Re. 13. 6. 1 Co. 8. 6. g 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3d Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and fthat man of sin be revealed, g the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and hexalteth himself above i all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, Revelation of 2 THESS. II. "that Wicked." shewing himself that A. D. 54. they should believe a he is God. 5 Remember not, that, when I was yet with you, I told 1Jno.2.18. you these things? 1 Da. 7. 10, 6 And now ye know what t with-m Job 4. 9. holdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 11. Is. 11. 4. Ho. 6. 5. Re. 2. 16. & 19. 15. 20, 21. 7 For k the mystery of iniquity doth n He. 10. 27. already work only o Jno. 8. 41. he who now letteth Ep. 2. 2. will let, until he be taken out of the way. P Re. 18. 23. De. 13. 1. Re. 13. 13. & 19. 21. Ma. 24. 24. & 4. 3. 8 And then shall that Wicked be re-q 2 Co. 2. 15. vealed, whom the Lord shall consumer 1 Ki. 22. with m the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy n with the brightness of his coming: 22. Eze. 14. 9. Ro. 1. 24. s Ma. 24. 5. 11. 1 Ti. 4. 1. 9 Even him, whose t Ro. 1. 32. coming is after the u ch. 1. 3. working of Satan x 1 Th. 1. 4. with all power and y Ep. 1. 4. signs P and lying z Lu. 1. 75. wonders, 10 And with all a Jno. 17. 22. deceivableness of unb 1 Co. 16. righteousness in them that perish; d ch. 1. 1, 2. because they re- 13. c 1 Co. 11.2. e 1Jno. 4. 10. Pe. 1. 3. 13 But bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God bath y from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to a the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, b stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or epistle. Re. 1. 5. f1 1 Th. 3.13. 1 Pe. 5. 10. you in every good 1 FINALLY, bre- + Gr. thren, a pray for us, may run. that the word of the b Ro. 15.31. Lord † may have free Gr.absurd. course, and be glorie Ac. 28. 24. fied, even as it is with you: d I Co. 1. 9. 1 Th.5.24. 2 And b that we e Jno. 17.15. be delivered f 2 Co. 7.16. from unreasonable Ga. 5. 10. and wicked men: ° for may all men faith. have g 1Ch.29.18. not $ Or, the patience of Christ. Ro. 16. 17. 2 Jno. 10. 3 But d the Lord is faithful, who shall and stablish you, keep you from evil. i Co. 5. 11. 4 And fwe have k 1 Tb.4.11. confidence in the 1 ch. 2. 15. Lord touching you, m 1 Co. 4.16. that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 1 Th. 1.6. n I Th. 2.10. censured. to follow us: for a we among 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 P Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded if any you, that would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which o Ac. 18. 3. walk among you dis 6 Now we comt1 Pe. 4. 15. mand you, brethren, in the name of our 1 Th. 4. 11. Lord Jesus Christ, Ep. 4. 28. that h ye withdrawy Ga. 6. 9. yourselves i from tt Or, every brother that faint not. walkethk disorderly, Or, and not after the signify that tradition which he man by an epistle. received of us. 7 For yourselves know m how ye ought z Ma. 18. 17. orderly, tworking not at all, but are busy. bodies. 12 Now them that are such we com. mand and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13 But ye, brethren, beytt not weary in well doing. 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have with DO company |