1 Thessalonians 1 (New American Standard Bible)

1 Thessalonians 1

Thanksgiving for These Believers

 ^1(A)Paul and ^(B)Silvanus and ^(C)Timothy, To the ^(D)church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ^(E)Grace to you and peace.

 ^2(F)We give thanks to God always for all of you, ^(G)making mention of you in our prayers;

 ³constantly bearing in mind your ^(H)work of faith and labor of ^(I)love and ^(J)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of ^(K)our God and Father,

 ⁴knowing, ^(L)brethren beloved by God, ^(M)His choice of you;

 ⁵for our ^(N)gospel did not come to you in word only, but also ^(O)in power and in the Holy Spirit and with ^(P)full conviction; just as you know ^(Q)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

 ⁶You also became ^(R)imitators of us and of the Lord, ^(S)having received ^(T)the word in much tribulation with the ^(U)joy of the Holy Spirit,

 ⁷so that you became an example to all the believers in ^(V)Macedonia and in ^(W)Achaia.

 ⁸For ^(X)the word of the Lord has ^(Y)sounded forth from you, not only in ^(Z)Macedonia and ^(AA)Achaia, but also ^(AB)in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.

 ⁹For they themselves report about us what kind of a ^(AC)reception we had with you, and how you ^(AD)turned to God ^(AE)from idols to serve ^(AF)a living and true God,

 ¹⁰and to ^(AG)wait for His Son from heaven, whom He ^(AH)raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who ^(AI)rescues us from ^(AJ)the wrath to come.