| Chapter 1
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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.
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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. |
