1 Thessalonians 1
1 1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the
Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and
peace.
2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of
you in our prayers;
3remembering without ceasing your work of faith
and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our
God and Father;
4knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,
and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what
manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.
6And ye
became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much
affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
7so that ye became an ensample
to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8For from you hath
sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in
every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to
speak anything.
9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of
entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve
a living and true God,
10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he
raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to
come.
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