Read the Bible

¹ 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.

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention [of you] in our prayers without ceasing,³ remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;⁴ knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,⁵ how that our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as you know what manner of men we showed ourselves among you for your sake.

⁶ And you became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;⁷ so that you became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.⁸ For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we don't need to speak anything.⁹ For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had to you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve as slaves to a living and true God,¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.