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.2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

1 Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God {the} Father and {the} Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you at our prayers,3 remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;4 knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.5 For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in {the} Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:6 and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of {the} Holy Spirit,7 so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:8 for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which {is} towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;9 for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,10 and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.