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Listen to 1 Thessalonians 1
1Paul, Silas[a](A) and Timothy,(B)
To the church of the Thessalonians(C) in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace to you.(D)
Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith
2We always thank God for all of you(E) and continually mention you in our prayers.(F) 3We remember before our God and Father(G) your work produced by faith,(H) your labor prompted by love,(I) and your endurance inspired by hope(J) in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4For we know, brothers and sisters[b] loved by God,(K) that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel(L) came to you not simply with words but also with power,(M) with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know(N) how we lived among you for your sake. 6You became imitators of us(O) and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering(P) with the joy(Q) given by the Holy Spirit.(R) 7And so you became a model(S) to all the believers in Macedonia(T) and Achaia.(U) 8The Lord’s message(V) rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere.(W) Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned(X) to God from idols(Y) to serve the living and true God,(Z) 10and to wait for his Son from heaven,(AA) whom he raised from the dead(AB)—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(AC)
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
- 1 Thessalonians 1:4 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 : S Ac 15:22
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 : S Ac 16:1; 2Th 1:1
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 : S Ac 17:1
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 : S Ro 1:7
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 : S Ro 1:8; Eph 5:20
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 : S Ro 1:10
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 : S Php 4:20
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 : Gal 5:6; 2Th 1:11; Jas 2:14-26
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 : 1Th 3:6; 2Th 1:3; S 1Co 13:13
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 : Ro 8:25
- 1 Thessalonians 1:4 : Col 3:12; 2Th 2:13
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 : S 2Co 2:12; 2Th 2:14
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 : Ro 1:16; S Ro 15:13
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 : 1Th 2:10
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 : S 1Co 4:16
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 : Ac 17:5-10
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 : S 2Co 6:10
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 : Ac 13:52
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 : S 1Ti 4:12
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 : S Ac 16:9
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 : S Ac 18:12
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 : 2Th 3:1
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 : Ro 1:8
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 : Ac 14:15
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 : 1Co 12:2; Gal 4:8
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 : S Mt 16:16
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 : S 1Co 1:7
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 : S Ac 2:24
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 : S Ro 1:18
Greetings
1Paul, Silvanus,[a] and Timothy,
To the community of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah:
Grace to you and shalom.
Good News with Power
2We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers—continually 3remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadiness of hope in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. 4We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that you are chosen, 5because our Good News did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Ruach ha-Kodesh and with complete certainty—just as you know what kind of men we proved to be while among you for your sake.
6You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the message in much tribulation, with the joy of the Ruach ha-Kodesh. 7So you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8For the word of the Lord rang out from you—not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faithfulness toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything. 9For they themselves bring news about what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, 10and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Yeshua, the One delivering us from the coming wrath.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Or Silas; cf. Acts 15:22ff.
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