| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2We always thank God for all of you, remembering you constantly in our prayers. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4knowing your election, brothers loved by God. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we were among you for your benefit, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and you became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For the Lord's message rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place that your faith in God has gone out. Therefore, we don't need to say anything, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. |
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