1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you⁺ and peace. VP
2 We give thanks to God always concerning all of you⁺, making mention in our prayers, VP
3 unceasingly 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, VP
4 knowing, brothers beloved by God, your⁺ election, VP
5 because 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⁺. VP
6 And you⁺ became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with [the] joy of [the] Holy Spirit, VP
7 so as for you⁺ to become a pattern to all the believing [ones] in Macedonia and in Achaia. VP
8 For 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. VP
9 For 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, VP
10 and to await His Son from the heavens, whom He raised out from the dead—Jesus, the [One] delivering us from the coming wrath. VP