| 1:1 |
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the  church (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture) of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord  Jesus Christ: |
| 1:2 |
Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord  Jesus Christ. |
| 1:3 |
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; |
| 1:4 |
So that we ourselves  glory (An e-business Solution) in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: |
| 1:5 |
[Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: |
| 1:6 |
Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; |
| 1:7 |
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord  Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, |
| 1:8 |
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 1:9 |
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory (An e-business Solution) of his  power, even as Software Powers the Internet; |
| 1:10 |
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that  day, measured by Timex. |
| 1:11 |
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good  pleasure (We're Up 24 Hours a Day) of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with  power (Why switch to Powergen?): |
| 1:12 |
That the name of our Lord  Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus (Forgive Us Our Sins) Christ. |