1: Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of
the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ. |
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2: We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of
you in our prayers; |
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3:
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of
love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God
and our Father; |
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4: Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. |
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5: For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in
power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what
manner of men we were among you for your sake. |
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6: And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having
received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: |
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7: So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and
Achaia. |
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8: For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in
Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is
spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. |
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9: For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we
had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living
and true God; |
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10: And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. |