1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in

A ⟨our Father and the Father of⟩

the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ

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1 ¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you

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in our prayers;

2 ¶ We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope

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in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

4 knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

5 For our gospel

ℵ ⟨the gospel of our God⟩

came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among

ℵA ⟨to⟩

you for your sake.

5 how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we shewed ourselves toward you for your sake.

6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord

A ⟨God⟩

, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of

B ⟨and⟩

the Holy Ghost:

6 And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;

7 So that ye were ensamples

B ⟨ensample⟩

to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia

ℵBA ⟨in Achaia⟩

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7 so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia

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, but also

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in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

8 For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

9 For they themselves shew of us

B ⟨you⟩

what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

9 For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivereth us from the wrath to come.