1 Paulus en Silv nus en Timothes aan die gemeente van die Thessalonicense in God onse Vader en die Here Jesus Christus:

2 Genade vir julle en vrede van God onse Vader en die Here Jesus Christus!

3 Ons moet God altyd oor julle dank, broeders, soos dit billik is, omdat julle geloof grootliks toeneem en die wederkerige liefde van elkeen van julle almal groter word,

4 sodat ons self in die gemeentes van God oor julle roem vanweë jul volharding en geloof onder al julle vervolginge en die verdrukkinge wat julle verduur --

5 'n teken van die regverdige oordeel van God, dat julle die koninkryk van God waardig geag mag word, waarvoor julle ook ly;

6 aangesien dit reg is by God om aan die wat julle verdruk, verdrukking te vergelde,

7 en aan julle wat verdruk word, verligting te gee saam met ons in die openbaring van die Here Jesus uit die hemel met sy magtige engele

8 in vuur en vlam, wanneer Hy wraak uitoefen op die wat God nie ken nie en op die wat aan die evangelie van onse Here Jesus nie gehoorsaam is nie.

9 Hulle sal as straf ondergaan 'n ewige verderf, weg van die aangesig van die Here en van die heerlikheid van sy sterkte,

10 wanneer Hy kom om verheerlik te word in sy heiliges en bewonder te word in almal wat glo, in daardie dag; want ons getuienis het by julle geloof gevind.

11 Daarom bid ons ook altyd vir julle dat onse God julle die roeping waardig mag ag, en dat Hy alle welgevalle aan wat goed is, en alle werk van die geloof met krag volkome mag maak,

12 sodat die Naam van onse Here Jesus Christus in julle verheerlik kan word en julle in Hom, ooreenkomstig die genade van onse God en die Here Jesus Christus.

1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

10 At his coming, when he will have glory in his saints, and will be a cause of wonder in all those who had faith (because our witness among you had effect) in that day.

11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

12 So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.