1 Thessalonians 1

1Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians inGod [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.

1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

2We give thanks toGod always for you all, making mention of you at our prayers,

2We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

3remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before ourGod and Father;

3Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

4knowing, brethren beloved byGod, your election.

4Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

5For our glad tidings were not with you in word only, but also in power, and in [the] Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what we were among you for your sakes:

5Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

6and ye became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of [the] Holy Spirit,

6And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

7so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:

7So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.

8for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which [is] towardsGod has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;

8For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.

9for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned toGod from idols to serve a living and trueGod,

9For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath.

10Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.