New Testament · 1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 1

Greetings to the Thessalonians

(2 Thessalonians 1:1–4)

1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the ekklesia of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Yeshua Messiah: grace^b to you and peace^c from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua Messiah.^a

2We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; 3constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love^d and steadfastness of hope^e in our Lord Yeshua Messiah in the presence of our God and Father,

4knowing, brothers beloved by God, His choice of you; 5for our good news did not come to you in word^f only, but also in power^g and in the holy^h spiritⁱ and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the holy spirit,

7so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. 9For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, 10and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He raised from the dead, that is Yeshua, who rescues us from the wrath^j to come.