1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be 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 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Paulus et Silvanus et Timotheus ecclesiae Thessalonicensium
in Deo Patre et Domino Iesu Christo gratia vobis et pax
2 gratias agimus Deo semper pro omnibus vobis
memoriam facientes in orationibus nostris sine
intermissione
3 memores operis fidei vestrae et laboris et caritatis
et sustinentiae spei Domini nostri Iesu Christi
ante Deum et Patrem nostrum
4 scientes fratres dilecti a Deo electionem vestram
5 quia evangelium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermone tantum
sed et in virtute et in Spiritu Sancto et in plenitudine multa
sicut scitis quales fuerimus vobis
propter vos
6 et vos imitatores nostri facti estis et Domini
excipientes verbum in tribulatione multa
cum gaudio Spiritus Sancti
7 ita ut facti sitis forma omnibus credentibus
in Macedonia et in Achaia
8 a vobis enim diffamatus est sermo Domini
non solum in Macedonia et in Achaia
sed in omni loco fides vestra quae est ad Deum profecta est
ita ut non sit nobis necesse quicquam loqui
9 ipsi enim de nobis adnuntiant
qualem introitum habuerimus ad vos
et quomodo conversi estis ad Deum a simulacris
servire Deo vivo et vero
10 et expectare Filium eius de caelis
quem suscitavit ex mortuis Iesum
qui eripuit nos ab ira ventura