| 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the
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 in our prayers; 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith
and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our
God and Father; 4 knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
5 how 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. 6 And ye
became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit; 7 so that ye became an ensample
to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For 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. 9 For 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, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he
raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to
come.
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