¹ Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the congregation$ of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you° and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² We are always giving-thanks to God concerning all of you°, making$ a remembrance of you° in our prayers,

³ constantly remembering your° work of the faith, and the labor of love$, and of the endurance of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father,

⁴ beloved brethren knowing your° choice by God.

⁵ We know because our good-news did not happen to you° in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much full assurance; just-as you° know what manner of men we became among you°, because of you°.

⁶ And you° became imitators of us and of the Lord, after you° accepted the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit,

⁷ so-then you° were to become examples to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

⁸ For$ the word of the Lord has been echoed-forth from you°, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place your° faith toward God has gone forth, so-as for us to have no need to say anything.

⁹ For$ they themselves are reporting concerning us, what sort of entrance we had toward you°, and how you° turned to God from idols, to serve$ a living and true$ God,

¹⁰ and to await his Son Jesus from the heavens, whom he raised up from the dead, and who rescues us from the coming wrath.