I have written and sent this short letter to you with the help of Silas, whom I commend to you as a faithful brother. My purpose in writing is to encourage you and assure you that what you are experiencing is truly part of God’s grace for you. Stand firm in this grace.

我略略地写了这信，托我所看为忠心的兄弟西拉转交你们，劝勉你们，又证明这恩是神的真恩。你们务要在这恩上站立得住。

我简单地写了这信，托我所看为忠心的弟兄西拉交给你们，劝勉你们，又证明这恩是上帝真实的恩典；你们务要在这恩上站立得住。

我简单地写了这信，托我所看为忠心的弟兄西拉交给你们，劝勉你们，又证明这恩是神真实的恩典；你们务要在这恩上站立得住。

在忠心的弟兄西拉的帮助下，我简单地写了这封信劝勉你们，并证明这是上帝真实的恩典。你们务要在这恩典上站稳。

我藉着我认为忠心的弟兄西拉，简略地写了这封信劝勉你们，又向你们证实这是神真正的恩典；你们要在这恩典上站立得住。

藉着我看为忠心的弟兄赛拉斯，我简要地写了这封信，劝勉你们，并且证明这是神真实的恩典。你们要在这恩典中站立得住。

我略略地寫了這信，託我所看為忠心的兄弟西拉轉交你們，勸勉你們，又證明這恩是神的真恩。你們務要在這恩上站立得住。

我簡單地寫了這信，託我所看為忠心的弟兄西拉交給你們，勸勉你們，又證明這恩是上帝真實的恩典；你們務要在這恩上站立得住。

我簡單地寫了這信，託我所看為忠心的弟兄西拉交給你們，勸勉你們，又證明這恩是神真實的恩典；你們務要在這恩上站立得住。

在忠心的弟兄西拉的幫助下，我簡單地寫了這封信勸勉你們，並證明這是上帝真實的恩典。你們務要在這恩典上站穩。

我藉著我認為忠心的弟兄西拉，簡略地寫了這封信勸勉你們，又向你們證實這是神真正的恩典；你們要在這恩典上站立得住。

我藉着西拉、我所認為忠信的兄弟、略略地寫信、來勸勉你們，並見證這是上帝真實的恩。在這恩上你們務要站立得住。

藉著我看為忠心的弟兄賽拉斯，我簡要地寫了這封信，勸勉你們，並且證明這是神真實的恩典。你們要在這恩典中站立得住。

我畧書此、由我視為忠信之兄弟西拉、遺爾以為勸、且證此為上帝真恩、爾宜堅立其中、

我以兄弟西拉為忠、托之尺素、以勸誨爾、所宗上帝之恩道、乃真理、

我思弟西勒瓦弩、西勒瓦弩即西拉向爾曹忠心、我畧書此、託彼達爾、特欲勸爾、且證此恩、即爾所賴以得立者、乃天主之真恩也、

兄弟鍚爾文、忠實可靠、吾所深知因託其寄爾尺素、以資勸慰、且證明凡此莫非天主聖寵。務望在此聖寵上、屹立不搖。

With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

I consider Silas to be a faithful brother. With his help I have written you this short letter. I have written it to encourage you. And I have written to speak the truth about the true grace of God. Remain strong in it.

By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

Through Silvanus, a faithful brother( as I consider him), I have written to you briefly in order to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother( for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein.

I have written you this brief letter through Silvanus( I know him to be a faithful brother) to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God. Take your stand in it!

By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation.

When he arrived and saw this evidence of God’s blessing, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it.

For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between“ Yes” and“ No.” He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate“ Yes,” he always does what he says.

But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus— the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God give you grace and peace.

This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

As I briefly wrote earlier, God himself revealed his mysterious plan to me.

To bring you up to date, Tychicus will give you a full report about what I am doing and how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper in the Lord’s work.

Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.

But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.

Tychicus will give you a full report about how I am getting along. He is a beloved brother and faithful helper who serves with me in the Lord’s work.

Therefore, I will always remind you about these things— even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught.

Let God’s curse fall on anyone, including us or even an angel from heaven, who preaches a different kind of Good News than the one we preached to you.I say again what we have said before: If anyone preaches any other Good News than the one you welcomed, let that person be cursed.

They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong.

Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

I am also sending Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, one of your own people. He and Tychicus will tell you everything that’s happening here.

You learned about the Good News from Epaphras, our beloved co worker. He is Christ’s faithful servant, and he is helping us on your behalf.

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When Peter saw him, he asked,“ Lord, what about him?” (niv)