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PAUL'S FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS

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Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians
- Bible dictionary explanations of this book of the Bible at http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/1th.htm.
- Topical index of other resources for this book of the Bible at http://www.bibletexts.com/topical.htm#1th.

Chapter 1

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1Th 1:1 - omit from KJV wording: and of the Father, and the Lord Jesus - (based on correction of faulty Greek text from which KJV was translated)
1Th 1:4 - KJV wording: knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God - modern translation: knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election
1Th 1:10 - KJV wording: heaven <3772, plural> - correct translation: the <3588> heavens <3772, plural>

Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

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1Th 3:6 - KJV wording: charity - correct modern translation: love
1Th 3:13 - Gr: auto [amen] - See TCGNT p. 563. {C}
- With strong support from very early ancient manuscripts, the ESV [book review] omits the UBS4's bracketed wording as not having been part of the original text. The removal of that wording has virtually no impact on the meaning of the verse, as shown below in the comparison with the NRSV [book review] (which rarely uses brackets, even when it retains the UBS4's bracketed wording) and the NAB [book review] ( which consistently retains all of the UBS4's bracketed wording within parentheses).
  - ESV - 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  - NRSV - 13 And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  - NAB - 13 so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. (Amen.)

Chapter 4

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1Th 4:6 - KJV wording: go beyond - correct modern translation: transgress
1Th 4:11 - Gr: idias - See TCGNT p. 564. {C}
- With strong support from very early ancient manuscripts, the ESV [book review] omits the UBS4's bracketed wording as not having been part of the original text. The removal of that wording has virtually no impact on the meaning of the verse, as shown below in the comparison with the NRSV [book review] (which rarely uses brackets, even when it retains the UBS4's bracketed wording) and the NAB [book review] ( which consistently retains all of the UBS4's bracketed wording within parentheses).
  - ESV - 11 and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
  - NRSV - 11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you,
  - NAB - 11 and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs,and to work with your (own) hands, as we instructed you,
1Th 4:11 - KJV wording: study - correct modern translation: strive
1Th 4:15 - KJV wording: prevent - correct modern translation: precede

Chapter 5

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1Th 5:11 - KJV wording: comfort - modern translation: exhort
1Th 5:14 - KJV wording: feeble-minded - modern translation: fainthearted
1Th 5:15 - See that none of you repays evil for evil...

To explore additional references, browse "OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/o.htm.

To explore additional references, browse "PRAY WITHOUT CEASING" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/p.htm.
Browse also:

"Some of the many aspects of prayer taught in the Bible, as outlined in the Lord's Prayer" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/prayer.htm.
"Prayer, the Lord's : (1) a comparison of Matthew's and Luke's texts of the Lord's Prayer, and (2) a comparison of KJV's and modern versions' texts of the Lord's Prayer" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/lordspr.htm.
"Prayer" as described in Bible dictionaries at http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/prayer.htm.
"Prayer" - an index of many BibleTexts,com webpages on prayer at at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/prayer.htm.

1Th 5:21 - KJV wording: prove all things - modern translation: test all things
1Th 5:22 - KJV wording: all appearance of evil - modern translation: every form of evil
1Th 5:23 - KJV wording: unto - modern translation: at
1Th 5:25 - Gr: [kai] - See TCGNT p. 565. {C}
- With strong support from very early ancient manuscripts, the ESV [book review] omits the UBS4's bracketed wording as not having been part of the original text. The removal of that wording has virtually no impact on the meaning of the verse, as shown below in the comparison with the NRSV [book review] (which rarely uses brackets, even when it retains the UBS4's bracketed wording) and the NAB [book review] ( which consistently retains all of the UBS4's bracketed wording within parentheses).
  - ESV - 25 Brothers, pray for us.
  - NRSV - 25 Beloved, pray for us.
  - NAB - 25 Brothers, pray for us (too).
1Th 5:28 - omit KJV wording: Amen. - (based on a needed correction of the KJV's Greek text)

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