The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, written by Paul, celebrates the faith, love, and endurance of the Thessalonian believers. Paul encourages them in their steadfastness and offers practical instructions for holy living, emphasizing the hope of Christ's return. He addresses questions about the resurrection, urges them to excel in love, and provides guidance on various aspects of Christian living. 1 Thessalonians exhorts believers to be vigilant, to encourage one another, and to live in readiness for Christ's coming.
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Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, 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.
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We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
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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.
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And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
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So that ye were examples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
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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.
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For they themselves show 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;
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And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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