| | Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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| 2. | We always give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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| 3. | Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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| 4. | Knowing, beloved brethren, your election of God.
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| 5. | For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
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| 6. | And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
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| 7. | So that you were examples in Macedonia and Achaia to all that believe.
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| 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-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak anything.
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| 9. | For they themselves show to us what manner of entering in we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
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| 10. | And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.
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