| 1:1 |
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the  church (The Church of England Today) of the Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord  Jesus (If You Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear) Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord  Jesus (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture) Christ. |
| 1:2 |
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; |
| 1:3 |
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord  Jesus (Forgive Us Our Sins) Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; |
| 1:4 |
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. |
| 1:5 |
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in  power, even as Software Powers the Internet, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. |
| 1:6 |
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: |
| 1:7 |
So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. |
| 1:8 |
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- is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. |
| 1:9 |
For they themselves show 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; |
| 1:10 |
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even]  Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. |