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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 1:1 |
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto 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. |
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ! |
| 1:2 |
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; |
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, |
| 1:3 |
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; |
unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father, |
| 1:4 |
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. |
having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election, |
| 1:5 |
For our gospel 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 you for your sake. |
because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you, |
| 1:6 |
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: |
and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit, |
| 1:7 |
So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. |
so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia, |
| 1:8 |
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 any thing. |
for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything, |
| 1:9 |
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; |
for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God, |
| 1:10 |
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. |
and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming. |
