1 Tessalonicenses 1

Greeting

1 Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν Θεῷ Πατρὶ καὶ Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ· Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.*απο θεου πατρος ημων και κυριου ιησου χριστου f35 ℵA,I (85.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1235678 (3.9%) ¦ 123 υμων 5678 (1.3%) ¦ ∼ 12356478 (1.2%) ¦ --- B (7.5%) NU ¦ two other readings (0.5%)

The Thessalonians are praised

2 Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ὑμῶν*υμων f35 C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,I [5%] NU ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν, 3 ἀδιαλείπτως μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος, τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν, 4 εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ*υπο f35 B [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 του ℵA,C [20%] [NU] Θεοῦ, τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν.

They became examples

5 Ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει καὶ ἐν*εν rell ¦ --- [20%] CP Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ καὶ ἐν*εν f35 A,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- ℵB [2%] πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ (καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ἐν*εν f35 B [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- ℵA,C,048 [5%] ὑμῖν δι᾿ ὑμᾶς). 6 Καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ Κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου, 7 ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπους*τυπους f35 ℵA,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ τυπον B [5%] NU πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ*και f35 [40%] CP ¦ 1 τη [30%] RP,HF,TR ¦ 1 εν τη ℵA,B,C [30%] OC,NU (OC has εν in small print.) Ἀχαΐᾳ. 8 Ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ*εν τη f35 ℵC [80%] RP,HF,OC,CP[NU] ¦ 2 [5%] ¦ --- B [15%] TR ¦ A omits whole clause Ἀχαΐᾳ ἀλλὰ καὶ*αλλα και f35 [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλ (ℵ)A,B,C [10%] NU ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ—ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἡμᾶς ἔχειν*ημας εχειν f35 [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 21 ℵA,C [15%] CP,NU ¦ ∼ 2 υμας B λαλεῖν τι.

Their hope

9 Αὐτοὶ γὰρ περὶ ὑμῶν*υμων f35 B [40%] ¦ ημων ℵA,C [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ἀπαγγέλλουσιν*απαγγελλουσιν rell ¦ απαγγελουσιν [15%] ὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔσχομεν*εσχομεν f35 ℵA,B,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ εχομεν [5%] TR πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων δουλεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ, 10 καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν (ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ τῶν*των f35 ℵB,I [95%] RP,HF,OC[NU] ¦ --- 𝕻46vA,C [5%] TR,CP νεκρῶν)—Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ*απο f35 C [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εκ ℵA,B [4%] NU τῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχομένης.