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Greeting

¹ Paul, ^(a)Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the ^(b)Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

^(c)Grace to you and peace.

The Thessalonians' Faith and Example

^2 (d)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly^{[a] (e)}mentioning you in our prayers, ³ remembering before ^(f)our God and Father ^(g)your work of faith and labor of ^(h)love and ⁽ⁱ⁾steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁴ For we know, ^(j)brothers^[b] loved by God, ^(k)that he has chosen you, ⁵ because ^(l)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and ^(m)in the Holy Spirit and with full ⁽ⁿ⁾conviction. You know ^(o)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. ⁶ And ^(p)you became imitators of us ^(q)and of the Lord, for ^(r)you received the word in much affliction, ^(s)with the ^(t)joy of the Holy Spirit, ⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. ⁸ For not only has the word of the Lord ^(u)sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth ^(v)everywhere, so that we need not say anything. ⁹ For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^(w)reception we had among you, and how ^(x)you turned to God ^(y)from idols to serve the living and ^(z)true God, ¹⁰ and ^(aa)to wait for his Son ^(ab)from heaven, ^(ac)whom he raised from the dead, Jesus ^(ad)who delivers us from ^(ae)the wrath to come.