1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace.

2 ^aWe give thanks to God always for all of you, ^bconstantly¹ mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your ^cwork of ^dfaith and labor of ^elove and steadfastness of ^fhope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, ^gbrothers² loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also ^hin power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. ⁱYou know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you ^jbecame imitators of us and of the Lord, for ^kyou received the word in much affliction, with the ^ljoy 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 ^mthe word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but ⁿyour ^ofaith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^preception we had among you, and how you ^qturned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to ^rwait for his Son ^sfrom heaven, whom ^the raised from the dead, Jesus who ^udelivers us from the ^vwrath to come.