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Giving Thanks for These Believers

^1 (C1)Paul, ^(C2)Silvanus, and ^(C3)Timothy, To the ^(C4)church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ^(C5)Grace to you and peace.

^2 (C1)We always give thanks to God for all of you, ^(C2)making mention of you in our prayers;³ constantly keeping in mind your ^(C1)work of faith and labor of ^(C2)love and ^(F1)(C3)perseverance of hope ^(F2)in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of ^(C4)our God and Father,⁴ knowing, ^(C1)brothers and sisters, beloved by God, ^(C2)His choice of you;⁵ for our ^(C1)gospel did not come to you in word only, but also ^(C2)in power and in the Holy Spirit and with ^(C3)full conviction; just as you know ^(C4)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes.⁶ You also became ^(C1)imitators of us and of the Lord, ^(C2)having received ^(C3)the word during great affliction with the ^(C4)joy of the Holy Spirit,⁷ so that you became an example to all the believers in ^(C1)Macedonia and ^(C2)Achaia.⁸ For ^(C1)the word of the Lord has ^(C2)sounded forth from you, not only in ^(C3)Macedonia and ^(C4)Achaia, but ^(C5)in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.⁹ For they themselves report about us ^(F1)as to the kind of ^(C1)reception we had with you, and how you ^(C2)turned to God ^(C3)from ^(F2)idols to serve ^(F3)(C4)a living and true God,¹⁰ and to ^(C1)wait for His Son from ^(F1)heaven, whom He ^(C2)raised from the dead, that is, Jesus who ^(C3)rescues us from ^(C4)the wrath to come.