Book 52 1 Thessalonians
001:001 Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians
which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
May grace and peace be granted to you.
001:002 We continually give thanks to God because of you all,
while we make mention of you in our prayers.
001:003 For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours
of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our
Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;
001:004 knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God
and that He has chosen you.
001:005 The Good News that we brought you did not come to you
in words only, but also with power and with the Holy Spirit
and with much certainty, for you know the sort of men we
became among you, as examples for your sakes.
001:006 And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master,
after you had received the Message amid severe persecution,
and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives,
001:007 so that you became a pattern to all the believers throughout
Macedonia and Greece.
001:008 For it was not only from you that the Master's Message sounded
forth throughout Macedonia and Greece; but everywhere your
faith in God has become known, so that it is unnecessary
for us to say anything about it.
001:009 For when others speak of us they report the reception we
had from you, and how you turned from your idols to God,
to be bondservants of the true and ever-living God,
001:010 and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He
raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from
God's coming anger.