1Th 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | Paul and Silvanus and Timothy , To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ : Grace to you and peace .

1 Thessalonians 1

Thanksgiving for These Believers

1 ^aPaul and ^bSilvanus and ^cTimothy,

To the ^dchurch of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ^eGrace to you and peace.

2 ^fWe give thanks to God always for all of you, ^gmaking mention of you in our prayers; 3 constantly bearing in mind your ^hwork of faith and labor of ⁱlove and ^{▼▼ Or perseverance
,} ^ksteadfastness of hope ^{▼▼ Lit of}in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of ^mour God and Father, 4 knowing, ⁿbrethren beloved by God, ^o His choice of you; 5 for our ^pgospel did not come to you in word only, but also ^qin power and in the Holy Spirit and with ^rfull conviction; just as you know ^swhat kind of men we ^{▼▼ Or became}proved to be among you for your sake. 6 You also became ^uimitators of us and of the Lord, ^vhaving received ^wthe word in much tribulation with the ^xjoy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in ^yMacedonia and in ^zAchaia. 8 For ^aathe word of the Lord has ^absounded forth from you, not only in ^acMacedonia and ^adAchaia, but also ^aein every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. 9 For they themselves report about us what kind of a ^{▼▼ Lit entrance
,} ^agreception we had ^{▼▼ Lit to}with you, and how you ^aiturned to God ^ajfrom ^{▼▼ Or the idols}idols to serve ^{▼▼ Or the
,} ^ama living and true God, 10 and to ^anwait for His Son from ^{▼▼ Lit the heavens}heaven, whom He ^apraised from the dead, that is Jesus, who ^aqrescues us from ^arthe wrath to come.