1 Thessalonians 1

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Greetings to the Thessalonians

¹Paul, Silvanus,^a and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.^b

¹Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

²We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers

²We give thanks to God always concerning all of you, making mention in our prayers,

³and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

³unceasingly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love, and the endurance of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁴Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,

⁴knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,

⁵because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.

⁵because our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much full assurance, just as you know what we were among you on account of you.

⁶And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

⁶And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

⁷As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

⁷so as for you to become a pattern to all the believing ones in Macedonia and in Achaia.

⁸For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

⁸For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so as for us to have no need to say anything.

⁹For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

⁹For they themselves report concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God,

¹⁰and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

¹⁰and to await His Son from the heavens, whom He raised out from the dead—Jesus, the One delivering us from the coming wrath.