1 Thessalonians 1

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.

Paul and Silas and Timothy. To the church of the Thessalonians which is in God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace.

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention in our prayers;

I am continually thanking God for all, always making mention of you in my prayers,

3 incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father;

as I call to mind your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father.

4 knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

For I know, O brothers, beloved of God, that he has chosen you;

5 because our gospel came not unto you in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what sort we were among you for your sakes.

for my gospel did not come to you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction. For you know also the manner in which I behaved myself among you for your sakes.

6 And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost;

Moreover, you began to follow the pattern I set you, and the Lord’s also, receiving the word with joy in the Holy Spirit, although amid severe persecution.

7 so that you are an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Thus you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

8 For from you the word of the Lord echoed out, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone forth; so that we have no need to say any thing:

For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you, and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad, so that I have no need to speak of it.

9 for they proclaim concerning what kind of reception we had unto you; and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve the true and the living God,

For others, of their own accord, tell about the welcome I had from you, and how you turned to God from your idols, to be slaved of a true and living God,

10 and to await his Son out of the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus the one delivering us from the wrath to come.

and to await for the coming of his Son from the heavens, the Son whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, our Deliverer from the wrath to come.