1 Thessalonians 4

Λοιπὸν οὖν ἀδελφοί ἐρωτῶμεν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν ἐν κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ ἵνα καθὼς παρελάβετε παρ’ ἡμῶν τὸ πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν καὶ ἀρέσκειν θεῷ καθὼς καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε μᾶλλον

remaining · therefore · brother · to ask · you · and · to call beside · in · Lord · Jesus · that · according as · to receive · from · we · the · how · it is necessary · you · to walk · and · to please · God · according as · and · to walk · that · to abound · more

οἴδατε γὰρ τίνας παραγγελίας ἐδώκαμεν ὑμῖν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ

to see · for · who · announcement · to give · you · through · the · Lord · Jesus

τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας

this · for · to be · will · the · God · the · purification · you · to hold off · you · from · the · sexual immorality

εἰδέναι ἕκαστον ὑμῶν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ τιμῇ

to see · each · you · the · himself · vessel · to acquire · in · purification · and · honor

μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα τὸν θεόν

not · in · experience · desire · according as · and · the · nation · the · not · to see · the · God

τὸ μὴ ὑπερβαίνειν καὶ πλεονεκτεῖν ἐν τῷ πράγματι τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ διότι ἔκδικος κύριος περὶ πάντων τούτων καθὼς καὶ προείπαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ διεμαρτυράμεθα

the · not · to step over · and · to gain advantage · in · the · deed · the · brother · he · because · without justice · Lord · about · all · this · according as · and · to predict · you · and · to testify

οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ ἀλλ’ ἐν ἁγιασμῷ

not · for · to call · we · the · God · upon · uncleanness · but · in · purification

τοιγαροῦν ὁ ἀθετῶν οὐκ ἄνθρωπον ἀθετεῖ ἀλλὰ τὸν θεὸν τὸν καὶ διδόντα τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ τὸ ἅγιον εἰς ὑμᾶς

therefore · the · to nullify · not · human being · to nullify · but · the · God · the · and · to give · the · spirit · he · the · saint · into · you

Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους

about · but · the · brotherly love · not · necessity · to have · to write · you · he · for · you · taught of God · to be · into · the · to love · one another

καὶ γὰρ ποιεῖτε αὐτὸ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ παρακαλοῦμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί περισσεύειν μᾶλλον

and · for · to make · he · into · all · the · brother · in · all · the · Macedonia · to call beside · but · you · brother · to abound · more

καὶ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι ἡσυχάζειν καὶ πράσσειν τὰ ἴδια καὶ ἐργάζεσθαι ταῖς χερσὶν ὑμῶν καθὼς ὑμῖν παρηγγείλαμεν

and · to love honor · to be quiet · and · to do · the · one's own · and · to work · the · hand · you · according as · you · to announce

ἵνα περιπατῆτε εὐσχημόνως πρὸς τοὺς ἔξω καὶ μηδενὸς χρείαν ἔχητε

that · to walk · decently · to · the · outside · and · no one · necessity · to have

Οὐ θέλομεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν ἀδελφοί περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων ἵνα μὴ λυπῆσθε καθὼς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ μὴ ἔχοντες ἐλπίδα

not · to will · but · you · to be ignorant · brother · about · the · to sleep · that · not · to grieve · according as · and · the · remaining · the · not · to have · hope

εἰ γὰρ πιστεύομεν ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἀνέστη οὕτως καὶ ὁ θεὸς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας διὰ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἄξει σὺν αὐτῷ

if · for · to believe · that · Jesus · to die · and · to raise · thus · and · the · God · the · to sleep · through · the · Jesus · to lead · with · he

τοῦτο γὰρ ὑμῖν λέγομεν ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου ὅτι ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ κυρίου οὐ μὴ φθάσωμεν τοὺς κοιμηθέντας

this · for · you · to say · in · word · Lord · that · we · the · to live · the · to remain over · into · the · presence · the · Lord · not · not · to anticipate · the · to sleep

ὅτι αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἐν κελεύσματι ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου καὶ ἐν σάλπιγγι θεοῦ καταβήσεται ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστήσονται πρῶτον

that · he · the · Lord · in · command · in · voice · archangel · and · in · trumpet · God · to descend · from · heaven · and · the · dead · in · Christ · to raise · first

ἔπειτα ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλειπόμενοι ἅμα σὺν αὐτοῖς ἁρπαγησόμεθα ἐν νεφέλαις εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ κυρίου εἰς ἀέρα καὶ οὕτως πάντοτε σὺν κυρίῳ ἐσόμεθα

thereafter · we · the · to live · the · to remain over · together · with · he · to seize · in · cloud · into · to meet · the · Lord · into · air · and · thus · always · with · Lord · to be

ὥστε παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους ἐν τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις

so that · to call beside · one another · in · the · word · this