- 又要立志作安静人,办自己的事,亲手作工,正如我们从前所吩咐你们的。
- 叫你们可以向外人行事端正,自己也就没有什么缺乏了。
- 论到睡了的人,我们不愿意弟兄们不知道,恐怕你们忧伤,像那些没有指望的人一样。
- 我们若信耶稣死而复活了,那已经在耶稣里睡了的人,神也必将他与耶稣一同带来。
- 我们现在照主的话告诉你们一件事。我们这活着还存留到主降临的人,断不能在那已经睡了的人之先。
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- Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
- so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
- Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope.
- We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
- According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
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