1 WYC Therfor, britheren, fro hennus forward we preien you, and bisechen in the Lord Jhesu, that as ye han resseyued of vs, hou it bihoueth you to go and to plese God, so walke ye, that ye abounde the more. BSB BSB: Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
2 WYC For ye witen what comaundementis Y haue youun to you bi the Lord Jhesu. BSB BSB: For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 WYC For this is the wille of God, youre holynesse, that ye absteyne you fro fornycacioun. BSB BSB: For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 WYC That ech of you kunne welde his vessel in holynesse, and onour; BSB BSB: each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 WYC not in passioun of lust, as hethene men that knowen not God. BSB BSB: not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 WYC And that no man ouergo, nethir disseyue his brothir in chaffaring. For the Lord is venger of alle these thingis, as we biforseiden to you, and han witnessid. BSB BSB: and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 WYC For God clepide not vs in to vnclennesse, but in to holynesse. BSB BSB: For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 WYC Therfor he that dispisith these thingis, dispisith not man, but God, that also yaf his holi spirit in vs. BSB BSB: Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9 WYC But of the charite of britherhed we hadden no nede to write to you; ye silf han lerud of God, that ye loue togidere; BSB BSB: Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 WYC for ye don that in to alle britheren in al Macedonye. And, britheren, we preyen you, that ye abounde more; and taken kepe, that ye be quyet; BSB BSB: And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
11 WYC and that ye do youre nede, and `ye worche with youre hoondis, as we han comaundid to you; and that ye wandre onestli to hem that ben with outforth, and that of no mannus ye desir ony thing. BSB BSB: and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
12 WYC For, britheren, we wolen not, that ye vnknowe of men that dien, that ye be not soreuful, as othere that han not hope. BSB BSB: Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
14 WYC And we seien this thing to you in the word of the Lord, that we that lyuen, that ben left in the comyng of the Lord, schulen not come bifor hem that ben deed. BSB BSB: For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
15 WYC For the Lord hym silf schal come doun fro heuene, in the comaundement, and in the vois of an archaungel, and in the trumpe of God; and the deed men that ben in Crist, schulen rise ayen first. BSB BSB: By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
17 WYC Therfor be ye coumfortid togidere in these wordis. BSB BSB: After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
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