1 Thessalonians 1

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Paul and Silvanus and Timothy--unto the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ,--favour unto you, and peace!

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We are giving thanks unto God continually, concerning you all, making, mention, in our prayers,

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Unceasingly, remembering--your work of faith and labour of love and endurance of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

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Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election,--

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How that, our glad-message, came not unto you, in word only, but also in power, and in Holy Spirit, and in much assurance,--even as ye know what manner
of men we became unto you, for your sake;

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And, ye, became, imitators of us, and of the Lord, giving welcome unto the word, in much tribulation, with joy of Holy Spirit;

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So that ye became an ensample unto all who were coming to the faith, in Macedonia and in Achaia:

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From you, in fact, hath sounded forth the word of the Lord--not only m Macedonia and in Achaia, but, in every place, your faith which is toward God, hath
gone forth, so that, no need, have we to be saying anything;

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For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell--what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols--to be serving a living
and true God,

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And awaiting his Son out of the heavens--whom he raised from among the dead,--Jesus: Who is to rescue us out of the anger that is coming.