1 Thessalonians

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1 Thessalonians has 5 chapters. Read 1 Thessalonians in the New Living Translation, chapter by chapter, free and without an account.

In 1 Thessalonians, Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy encourage a community whose faith and love endure amid affliction. Paul recalls the missionaries’ care and welcomes Timothy’s reassuring report. Instructions about holiness, mutual love, work, and life together lead into hope for believers who have died and a call to remain watchful while awaiting the Lord.

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1 Thessalonians is one of Paul's letters of the New Testament, the same 27 books in every Christian Bible. See it on the shelf.

People leaving an abandoned idol workshop to welcome traveling messengers and share food with neighbors
1 Thessalonians 1

1 Thessalonians 1 praises a community known for faith, love, hope, joyful endurance, and turning from idols.

Paul and his coworkers teaching, working, and comforting families as travelers depart along a distant road
1 Thessalonians 2

1 Thessalonians 2 recalls Paul’s gentle, honest, hardworking ministry and painful separation from the church.

Timothy returning from a long road as Paul and a coworker greet him above a lamplit coastal town
1 Thessalonians 3

1 Thessalonians 3 recounts Timothy’s encouraging report and Paul’s prayer for reunion, love, and steadfastness.

Working neighbors comforting a grieving family while a gathered community looks toward a radiant sunrise
1 Thessalonians 4

1 Thessalonians 4 joins holy living, mutual love, quiet work, and hope for believers who have died.

A dawn-lit community tending lamps, encouraging an elder, and carrying food to neighbors
1 Thessalonians 5

1 Thessalonians 5 calls for watchfulness, hope, peace, care, prayer, discernment, and faithful community life.

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