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| 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. | 1This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God give you grace and peace. The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers |
| 2We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, | 2We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly. |
| 3remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. | 3As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, | 4We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. |
| 5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. | 5For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you. |
| 6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, | 6So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord. |
| 7so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. | 7As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece—throughout both Macedonia and Achaia. |
| 8For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. | 8And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it, |
| 9For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, | 9for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God. |
| 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. | 10And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment. |
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