11Paul and 2Silvanus and 3Timothy, To the 4church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the LordJesusChrist: 5Grace to you and peace.
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6We givethanks to Godalways for all of you, 7makingmention of you in our prayers;
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constantlybearing in mind your 8work of faith and labor of 9love and [a]10steadfastness of hope[b]in our LordJesusChrist in the presence of 11our God and Father,
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knowing, 12brethrenbeloved by God, 13His choice of you;
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for our 14gospel did not come to you in wordonly, but also15in power and in the HolySpirit and with 16fullconviction; just as you know17whatkind of men we [c]proved to be among you for your sake.
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You alsobecame18imitators of us and of the Lord, 19having received20the word in muchtribulation with the 21joy of the HolySpirit,
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so that you became an example to all the believers in 22Macedonia and in 23Achaia.
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For 24the word of the Lord has 25soundedforth from you, not only in 26Macedonia and 27Achaia, but also 28in everyplace your faithtowardGod has goneforth, so that we havenoneed to sayanything.
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For they themselvesreportabout us whatkind of a [d]29reception we had[e]with you, and how you 30turned to God31from [f]idols to serve[g]32a living and trueGod,
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and to 33wait for His Son from [h]heaven, whom He 34raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who 35rescues us from 36the wrath to come.