1 Thessalonians

¹Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: to the Church of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.²⁰¹⁶

Praise and thanksgiving

²We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers, ³always remembering your work of faith, your labor of love and your patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. ⁴Brethren beloved by God, we know that you are chosen ⁵and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your sake. ⁶You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word²⁰¹⁷ with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and this in spite of much affliction. ⁷And so, you became an example to all those who believe in Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸From you the word²⁰¹⁸ of the Lord has been proclaimed, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also, your faith toward God has been known in many other places, so that we have no need to say anything. ⁹Others have given us a report about how you received us and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve a living and true God ¹⁰and to wait for his Son from heaven. God²⁰¹⁹ has raised him from the dead—Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Paul’s relationship with the Thessalonians

2016. CT omits “from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”
2017. Or “message” (Greek logos)
2018. Or “message” (Greek logos)
2019. Greek “he”