PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in
God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: grace unto you, and peace
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2)We give thanks to
God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
(3)without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour 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)For our
gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy
Ghost, and in great fulness of assurance; as ye know what manner of men
we have been among you for your sakes. (6)And ye became imitators of
us, and of the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction, with joy of
the Holy Ghost; (7)so that ye became models for all that believe in
Macedonia and Achaia. (8)For from you sounded forth the word of the
Lord, not only into Macedonia and Achaia, but into every region also
your fidelity towards God is gone out, so that we have no need to say
any thing. (9)For they publish concerning you what manner of entrance
we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve the
living and true God, (10)and to wait for his Son from the heavens, whom
he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath
to come.