¶ THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, ΤΟ THE THESSALONIANS. CHAPTER I. Anno 54. 1 The Thessalonians are given to under- DOMINI stand both how mindful of them Saint Paul was at all times in thanksgiving, and prayer: 5 and also how well he was persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith, and conversion to God. PAUL, and a Silvanus, and Ti-a2 Cor.1.19. Pet. 5. 12. b Eph. 1. 2. c Rom. 1. 8. Eph. 1. 16. Philem. 4. motheus, unto the church of 2 Thess. 1.1. the Thessalonians which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. b Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 c We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3d Remembering without ceasing e your work of faith, fand labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren || beloved, your election of God. d ch. 2. 13. Gal. 5. 6. ch. 1. 3, 11. Jan. 2. 17. Heb. 6. 10. Or, beloved of God, your election. Anno of deceit, nor of uncleanness, not DOMINI in guile; 54. 12. 1 Cor. 7.25. Tim. 1. 11, h1 Cor. 9. 17. Gal. 2. 7. Tit. 1. 3. i Gal. 1. 10. k Prov. 17.3. Rom. 8. 27. Acts 20. 33. 2 Cor. 2. 17. & 4. 2. & 7. 2. & 12. 17. m Rom. 1. 9. n John 5. 41, 11. & 12. 43. 1 Tim. 5. 17. o 1 Cor. 9.4,6, 2 Thess. 2. 13. h Mark 16. 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in 20. 1 Cor. 2. power, and in the Holy Ghost, 4. & 4. 20. and in much assurance; as 1 ye2 Cor. 6. 6. know what manner of men wek Col. 2. 2. were among you for your sake. 6 And m ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, a with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. Heb. 2. 3. 1 ch. 2. 1, 5, 2 10, 11. 2 Thess. 3.8. q 1 Cor. 9. 1, 2, 5. r1 Cor. 2. 3. & 9. 22. Thess. 3. 7. 2 Cor. 13. 4. & 11.1. Phil. n Acts 5. 41. Heb. 10. 31. u Acts 20.34. 1 Cor. 4. 12. 2 Cor. 11. 9. 2 Thess. 3.8. 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in 18. Macedonia and Achaia, but also x 2 Cor. 12. p Rom. 1. 8. P in every place your faith to God-2 Thess. 1.4. 13, 14. ward is spread abroad; so that we q ch. 2. 1. ly ch. 1. 5. need not to speak any thing. r1 Cor. 12.2.2 Cor. 7. 2. 9 For they themselves shew of Gal. 4. 8. 2 Thess. 3.7. a Eph. 4. 1. us q what manner of entering in Rom. 2. 7. Phil. 1. 27. we had unto you, and how ye Tit. 2. 13. Col. 1. 10. turned to God from idols, to serve 2 Pet. 3. 12. ch. 4. 1. the living and true God 4 But as g we were allowed of God h to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; i not as pleasing men, but God, k which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; m God is witness: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been p burdensome, 4 as the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willings to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also t our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for u labouring night and day, x because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 y Ye are witnesses, and God also, z how holily, and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 a That ye would walk worthy of God, b who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it d not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, b 1 Cor. 1. 9. which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers e of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for fye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 h Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, k and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, m to fill up their sins always: a for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. Or, chased us out. k Esth. 3. 8. 1 Luke 11. 52. Acts 13. 50. & 14. 5, 19. & 17. 5, 13. & 18. 12. & 19. 9. & 22. 1121, 22 m Gen. 15. 16. Matt. 23. 32. n Matt. 24. 5, 4 Paul's mindfulness 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time o in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly P to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but a Satan hindered us. 19 For r what is our hope, or joy, or s crown of || rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ t'at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy. CHAPTER III. 1 Saint Paul testifieth his great love to the Thessalonians, partly by sending Timothy unto them to strengthen and comfort them: partly by rejoicing in their well doing: 10 and partly by praying for them, and desiring a safe coming unto them. I THESSALONIANS. Anno DOMINI 54. o 1 Cor. 5. 3. Col. 2. 5. Rom. 1.13. & 15. 22. 2 Cor. 1.14. & 4. 1. Phil. 2. 16. s Prov. 16. 31. Or, glorying. I Cor. 15. 23. ch. 3. 13. Rev. 1. 7. & 22. 12. WHEREFORE, a when we a ver. 5. could no longer forbear, b we b Acts 17.15. thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 And sent e Timotheus, our bro-c Rom. 16. ther, and minister of God, and our 21. 1 Cor. 16. fellow-labourer in the gospel of 10. 2 Cor. 1. Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 19. 3d That no man should be mov-d Eph. 3. 13. ed by these afflictions: for yourselves know that e we are appointed eActs9.16. & thereunto. 14. 22. & 20. 4 f For verily, when we were 1 Cor. 4. 9. 23. & 21. 11. with you, we told you before that 2 Tim. 3. 12. we should suffer tribulation; even i Pet. 2. 21. as it came to pass, and ye know. f Acts 20.24. 5 For this cause, g when I could g ver. 1. no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, blest by some means h 1 Cor. 7.5. the tempter have tempted you, and 2 Cor. 11. 3. I our labour be in vain. i Gal. 2. 2. & 4. 11. Phil. 2. 16. k Acts 18. 1, 5. 6 But now, when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, I as we also to see 1 Phil. 1. 8. you: 1 Anno DOMINI 54. Or,request. Or,beseech. a Phil. 1. 27. Col. 2. 6. b ch. 2. 12. Col. 1. 10. d Rom. 12.2. Eph. 5. 17. e Eph. 5. 27. f1 Cor. 6. 15, 18. Eph. 5.3. Col. 3. 5. Rom. 6.19. I Cor. 6. 15, 18. h Col. 3. 5. Rom. 1. 24, 26. i Eph. 4. 17, 18. k 1 Cor. 15. 34. Gal. 4. 8. Eph. 2. 12. & 4. 18. 2 Thess. 1. 8. 1 Lev. 19. 11, 13. Cor.6.8. Or, op press, or, overreach. Or, in the matter. m 2 Thess. 1. 8. n Lev. 11.44. & 19. 2. 1 Cor. 1. 2. Heb. 12. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 14, 15. o Luke 10.16. | Or, rejecteth. p 1 Cor.2.10. & 7. 40. 1 John 3. 24. q ch. 5. 1. Jer. 31. 34. John 6. 45.& 14. 26. Heb. of the Thessalonians. quietly to follow their own business: 13 and last of all to sorrow moderately for the dead. 15 And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief description of the resurrection, and second coming of Christ to judgment. FURTHERMORE then we | beseech you, brethren, and || exhort you by the Lord Jesus, a that as ye have received of us b how ye ought to walk c and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commanaments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is d the will of God, even e your sanctification, f that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 g That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 h Not in the lust of concupiscence, i even as the Gentilesk which know not God: 6 That no man go beyond and || defraud his brother | in any matter: because that the Lord m is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, n but unto holiness. 8. He therefore that I despiseth, despiseth not man, but God P who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 9 But as touching brotherly love 9 ye need not that I write unto you: for rye yourselves are taught of God s to love one another. 10 t And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, uthat ye increase more and more; 11 And that ye study to be quiet, 8. 11. 1 John and x to do your own business, and y to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 2. 20, 27. s Matt. 22. 39. John 13. 34. & 15. 12. Eph. 5. 2. 7, 13.1 Pet. 4. 8. 7 Therefore, brethren, m we were m 2 Cor.1.4. comforted over you in all our af- & 7. 6, fliction and distress by your faith: ם 8 For now we live, if ye n stand❘n Phil. 4. 1. fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we ren-o ch. 1. 2. der to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; p Acts 26. 7. 10 P Night and day a praying ex-Tim. 1. 3. ceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, It direct our way unto you. 11. & 15. 32. q Rom. 1.10, r ch. 2. 17. s 2 Cor. 13.9, 11. Col. 4. 12. 1 John 3. 11, 23. & 4. 21. t ch. 1. 7. u ch. 3. 12. x 2 Thess. 3. 11. 1 Pet. 4. 15. y Acts 20.35. Eph. 4. 28. 2 Thess. 3. 7, 8, 12. z Rom. 13. 13. 2 Cor. 8. 21. Col. 4. 5. 1 Pet. 2. 12. Or, of no a SeeLev 19. 1. 2. 2 Sam. 28. Deut. 14. 12 And the Lord u make you to Or, guide. man. t Mark 1. 3. mcrease and abound in love one u ch. 4. 10. toward another, and toward all x ch. 4. 9. & men, even as we do toward you: 5. 15. 2 Pet. 13 To the end he may y stablish 1. 7. your hearts unblamable in holi-y 1 Cor. 1.8.b ness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ z with all his saints. 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack || of nothing. 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, a even as others b which have no hope. 14 For c if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so d them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." 15 For this we say unto you e by the word of the Lord, that fwe which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For g the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with h the trump of God: i and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and 3. 13. e1 Kings 13. 17, 18. & 20. 35. f1 Cor. 15. 51. g Matt. 24. 30, 31. Acts 1. 11. 2 Thess. 1. 7. h 1 Cor. 15. 52. il Cor. 15. 23, 52. k1 Cor. 15. 51. 1 Acts 1.9. Rev. 11. 12. UT of a the times and the seasons, brethren, bye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Anno DOMINI 54. m John 12. 26. & 14. 3. & 17. 24. ch. 5. 11. Or, exhort. a 36. Acts 1. 7. Matt. 24. 3, b ch. 4. 9. c Matt. 24. 43, 44. & 25. 13. Luke 12. 39, 40. 2 Pet. 3. 10. Rev.3. 3. & 16. 15. 21. 34, 35. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then d sudden destruc-d Is. 13. 6,tion cometh upon them, e as tra-9. Luke 17. vail upon a woman with child; and 27, 28, 29. & they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not ine Jer. 13. 21. darkness, that that day should over-Hos. 13. 13. take you as a thief. 5 Ye are all g the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. as 6 Therefore let us not sleep, do others; but i let us watch and be sober. 2 Thess. 1.9. f Rom. 13. 12, 13. 1 John 2. 8. Eph. 5. 8. h Matt. 25.5. i Matt. 24. 42. & 25. 13. Rom. 13. 1, 12, 13. 1 Pet. 5. 8. k Luke 21. 13. 13. 1 Cor. 15 34. Eph. 7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunk-34, 36. Rom. en, are drunken in the night. 1 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, m putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For a God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 P Who died for us, that. whe-1 ther we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 5. 14. 1 Acts 2. 15. m Is. 59. 17. 16, 17. Eph. 6. 14, Rom.9. 22. ch. 1. 10. Pet. 2. 8. Jude 4. 54. Divers virtuous precepts. Anno among you, and are over you in the DOMINI Lord, and admonish you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's Or,beseech. sake. s And be at peace among 2 Thess. 3. yourselves. Mark 9. 50. 11, 12. Or, disorderly. u Heb. 12. 12. t 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are || unruly, u comfort the feeble-minded, x Rom. 14.1.x support the weak, y be patient to& 15.1. Gal. ward all men. 6. 1, 2. y Gal. 5. 22. Eph. 4. 2. Col. 3. 12. 2 Tim. 4. 2. z Lev. 19. 18. Prov. 20. 22. & 24. 29. Matt. 5. 39, 41. Rom. 12. 17. 1Cor.6.7. 1 Pet. 3. 9. a Gal. 6. 10. ch. 3. 12. 15 z See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever a follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 16 b Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 d In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 e Quench not the Spirit. 20 f Despise not prophesyings. 21 g Prove all things; hold fast b2 Cor. 6. 10. that which is good. Phil. 4. 4. c Luke 18.1. & 21. 36. Rom. 12. 12. Eph. 6. 18. Col. 4. 2. Pet. 4. 7. Eph. 5. 20. Col. 3. 17. e Eph. 4. 30. Tim. 4. 14. 2 Tim. 1. 6. See I Cor. 14. 30. f 1 Cor. 14. 1, 39. 22 i Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And k the very God of peace 1sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body, m be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 n Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 25 Brethren, o pray for us. 26 p Greet all the brethren with ar holy kiss. Cor.2.11, that 9 this epistle be read unto all 271 charge you by the Lord the holy brethren. 15. I John 4. 1. h Phil. 4. 8. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens. m 1 Cor. 1. 8. n 1 Cor. 1. 9. & 10. 13. 2 Thess. 3. 3. o Col. 4. 3. 2 Thess. 3. 1. p Rom. 16. 16. Or, adjure. q Col. 4. 16. 2 Thess. 3. 14. r Rom. 16. 20, 24. 2 Thess. 12 And we beseech you, breq ch. 4. 18. thren, r to know them which labour Or, exhort. r1 Cor. 16. 18. Phil. 2. 29. 1 Tim. 5. 17. Heb. 13. 7, 17.3. 18. ¶ THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 4 So that e we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith g in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is h a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, i for which ye also suffer: 6k Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you, who are troubled, 1 rest with us, when m the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with this mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire || taking venIn Heb.10. 27. & 12.29. 2 Pet.3.7. Rev. 21.8. Or,yielding 937 40 a by the coming of our Lord a 1 Thess. 4. Jesus Christ, b and by our gather-16. ing together unto him, b Matt. 24. 31. Mark 13. 27. 1 Thess. 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter asc Matt. 24.4. 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, e except there come a falling away first, and f that man of sin be revealed, g the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and hexalteth himself i above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. I 5 Remember ye not, that when was yet with you, I told you these things? Eph. 5. 6. 1 John 4. 1. 1 Pet. 1. 2. a John17.22. 1 Thess. 2. Cor. 16.13. Phil. 4. 1. c1 Cor.11.2. ch. 3. 6. ch. 1. 1, 2. 10. Rev. 1. e 1 John 4. 5. 1 Pet. 1. 3. g1 Cor. 1. 8. Matt. 24.4. & c. g John17.12. Thess. 3. bre Divers precepts. who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But u we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, thren beloved of the Lord, because God hath y from the beginning chosen you to salvation, z 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 c the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 d Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, given us everlasting consolation e which hath loved us, and hath and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, g and stablish you in every good word 13. 1 Pet. 5.and work. 10. 24. Thess. 5. e John 17.15. Pet. 2. 9. 1 Chron. CHAPTER III. 1 He craveth their prayers for himself, 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in them, 5 maketh request to God in their behalf. 6 giveth them divers precepts, especially to shun idleness, and ill company, 16 and last of all concludeth with Prayer and salutation. FINALLY, brethren, a pray for us, that the word of the Lord † may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you; 2 And b that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: c for all men have not faith. 3 But d the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and e keep you from evil. 4 And f we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And g the Lord direct your Is. 14. 13. Or, the pa-hearts into the love of God, and tience of Ezek. 28. 2, Christ. into the patient waiting for Christ. 6, 9. Dan. 7.1 Thess. 1.3. 6 Now we command you, bre25. & 11. 36.h Rom. 16. Rev. 13. 6. thren, in the name of our Lord 17. ver. 14. Jesus Christ, h that ye withdraw yourselves i from every brother that walketh k disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of Cor. 8. 5. 1 Tim. 6. 5. 6 And now ye know what || with-Or,holdeth. holdeth that he might be revealed 1 John 2. in his time. 18. & 4. 3. 1 Dan. 7. 10,ver. 11, 12, 7 For the mystery of iniquity. doth already work only he whom Job 4. 9. now letteth will let, until he be Is. 11. 4. taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, 1 whom the Lord shall consumem with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Hos. 6. 5. Rev. 2.16. & 19. 15, 20,21. 6, 7. ch. 1. 8, 9.'1 Thess. 2. Heb. 10. 27. John 8. 41. Eph. 2. 2. Rev. 18. 23. 9 Even him, whose coming is 2 Cor. 11. 9. after the working of Satan, with 13. 1. Matt. p 1 Cor. 9. 6. p See Deut.1 Thess. 2.9. all power, and Psigns, and lying 24. 24. Rev. Thess. 2. 6. wonders, 13. 13. & 19.q ver. 7. 2 Cor. 2. Rom. 1. 24, &c. See 1 Kings 22. 22. Ezek. 14. us. 7 For yourselves know m how ye ought to follow us: for n we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 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 q ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, r that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you dis orderly, tworking not at all, but are busybodies. 12 u Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. ¶ THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL, TIIE APOSTLE, CHAPTER I. ΤΟ TIMOTHY. Anno 65. 1 Timothy is put in mind of the charge DOMINI PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ a by the commandment Gal. 1. 1, 11.John 9. 39, 3. & 2. 10. e Jude 25. 1 Thess. 3. 2. 3 As I besought thee to abide 4 Neither give heed to fables and 3. Phil. 2. h Gal. 1. 6,7. 6. 4, 20. 16, 23. Tit. 41. Acts 3. b Rom. 5.20. Luke 7.47. 4. 9. 2 Tim. 14 b And the grace of our Lord 15 e This is a faithful saying, e ch. 3. 1. &f Christ Jesus came into the world 2. 11. Tit. 3. 8. 1. 14. & 3.9. 14. 6 From which some having 10. Gal. 5. 7 Desiring to be teachers of the 22. Or, not n ch. 6. 4, 2 Tim. 4. 3. o Ch. 6. 4. 10 For whoremongers, for them k Rom. 1. 23. John 1. 18. m Rom. 16. 27. Jude 25. lo ch. 6. 13, 2 Tim. 2. 2. p ch. 4. 14. 1 ch. 6. 12. u 2 Tim. 2. 16 Howbeit, for this cause gl 17 Now unto i the King eternal, 18 This charge I commit unto 19 r Holding faith and a good 20 Of whom is t Hymeneus and x 1 Cor. 5. 5. Or, desire. Jer. 29. 7. Rom. 13.1. 1 Cor. 15. 9.f John 17. 3. 13 z Who was before a blas-Phil. 3. 6. 2 Tim. 2. 25. CHAPTER II. 1 That it is meet to pray and give thanks EXHORT therefore, that, first 2 a For kings, and for all that 3 For this is good and acceptable 4 e Who will have all men to |