Dual Panel1From Paul <3972> and <2532> Silvanus <4610> and <2532> Timothy <5095>, to the church <1577> of the Thessalonians <2331> in <1722> God <2316> the Father <3962> and <2532> the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>. Grace <5485> and <2532> peace <1515> to you <5213>!
2We thank <2168> God <2316> always <3842> for <4012> all <3956> of you <5216> as we mention <4160> you constantly <3417> in <1909> our <2257> prayers <4335>,
3because we recall <3421> in the presence <1715> of our <2257> God <2316> and <2532> Father <3962> your <5216> work <2041> of faith <4102> and <2532> labor <2873> of love <26> and <2532> endurance <5281> of hope <1680> in our <2257> Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547>.
4We know <1492>, brothers and sisters <80> loved <25> by <5259> God <2316>, that he has chosen <1589> you <5216>,
5in that <3754> our <2257> gospel <2098> did <1096> not <3756> come <1096> to <1519> you <5209> merely in <1722> words <3056>, but <235> in <1722> power <1411> and <2532> in <1722> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> and <2532> with deep <4183> conviction <4136> (surely <2531> you recall <1492> the character we displayed when we came among <1096> you <5213> to help <1223> you <5209>).
6And <2532> you <5210> became <1096> imitators <3402> of us <2257> and <2532> of the Lord <2962>, when <1209> you received <1209> the message <3056> with <3326> joy <5479> that comes from the Holy <40> Spirit <4151>, despite great <4183> affliction <2347>.
7As a result <5620> you <5209> became <1096> an example <5179> to all <3956> the believers <4100> in <1722> Macedonia <3109> and <2532> in <1722> Achaia <882>.
8For <1063> from <575> you <5216> the message <3056> of the Lord <2962> has echoed forth <1837> not <3756> just <3440> in <1722> Macedonia <3109> and <2532> Achaia <882>, but <235> in <1722> every <3956> place <5117> reports of your <5216> faith <4102> in <4314> God <2316> have spread <1831>, so that <5620> we <2248> do <2192> not <3361> need <5532> to say <2980> anything <5100>.
9For <1063> people <846> everywhere report <518> how you <5209> welcomed <1529> us <2257> and <2532> how <4459> you turned <1994> to <4314> God <2316> from <575> idols <1497> to serve <1398> the living <2198> and <2532> true <228> God <2316>
10and <2532> to wait <362> for his <846> Son <5207> from <1537> heaven <3772>, whom <3739> he raised <1453> from <1537> the dead <3498>, Jesus <2424> our <2248> deliverer <4506> from <1537> the coming <2064> wrath <3709>.