1 Thessalonians 1

1 Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of Tessalonicensis, in God the fadir,

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.

2 and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace and pees to you. We doon thankyngis to God euere more for alle you, and we maken mynde of you in oure preyeris withouten ceessyng;

We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers

3 hauynge mynde of the werk of youre feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir.

and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

4 Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing;

Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,

5 for oure gospel was not at you in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ye witen, whiche we weren among you for you;

because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.

6 and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost;

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

7 so that ye ben maad ensaumple to alle men that bileuen, in Macedonye and in Acaie.

As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

8 For of you the word of the Lord is pupplischid, not oneli in Macedonye and Acaie, but youre feith that is to God, in ech place is gon forth; so that it is not nede to vs to speke ony thing.

For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

9 For thei schewen of you, what maner entre we hadden to you, and hou ye ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to the lyuynge God and veri; and to abide his sone fro heuenes,

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

10 whom he reiside fro deth, the Lord Jhesu, that delyuerede us fro wraththe to comynge.

and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.