1:1Paul,
and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God
the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 1:2We
give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers; 1:3remembering
without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope
in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; 1:4knowing,
brethren beloved of God, your election, 1:5how
that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and
in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what
manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake. 1:6And
ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in
much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit; 1:7so
that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
1:8For
from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia
and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so
that we need not to speak anything. 1:9For
they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had
unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and
true God, 1:10and
to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even
Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.