1 Paul,aActs 15:22; 2 Cor. 1:19; 2 Thess. 1:1; 1 Pet. 5:12 Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of thebSee Acts 17:1 Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:cRom. 1:7 Grace to you and peace.
2 dch. 2:13; See Rom. 1:8; Eph. 5:20 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly1Or without ceasingeRom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3 mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering beforefSee Gal. 1:4 our God and Fatherg2 Thess. 1:11; [John 6:29; Gal. 5:6; Heb. 6:10; James 2:22] your work of faith and labor ofh2 Thess. 1:3, 4; [Col. 1:4; 1 Tim. 1:14; Rev. 2:19] love andiRom. 8:25; 15:4 steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know,j2 Thess. 2:13 brothers loved by God,k2 Pet. 1:10 that he has chosen you, 5 becausel2 Thess. 2:14 our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power andm2 Cor. 6:6; See 1 Cor. 2:4 in the Holy Spirit and with fullnCol. 2:2; [Heb. 2:3] conviction. You knowo[ch. 2:10; Acts 20:18; 2 Thess. 3:7] what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 Andp[ch. 2:14; 2 Thess. 3:7, 9]; See 1 Cor. 4:16 you became imitators of usq1 Cor. 11:1 and of the Lord, forrActs 17:5-10 you received the word in much affliction,sSee Matt. 5:12 with thetActs 13:52; Gal. 5:22 joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lordu[Rom. 10:18; 2 Thess. 3:1] sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forthv[Rom. 1:8; 16:19; 2 Thess. 1:4] everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind ofwch. 2:1 reception we had among you, and howxSee Acts 14:15 you turned to Gody1 Cor. 12:2; [Gal. 4:8] from idols to serve the living andzSee John 17:3 true God, 10 andaSee 1 Cor. 1:7 to wait for his Sonbch. 4:16; [2 Thess. 1:10]; See Acts 1:11 from heaven,cSee Acts 2:24 whom he raised from the dead, JesusdCol. 1:13 who delivers us fromech. 2:16; 5:9; Matt. 3:7; Rom. 5:9 the wrath to come.