1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (Good News Translation)
1 "From Paul, Silas, and Timothy— To the people of the church in
Thessalonica, who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be yours. 2 We always thank God for you all and
always mention you in our prayers. 3 For we remember before our God
and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made
you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.
4 Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his
own. 5 For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but
also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of
its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for
your own good. 6 You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you
suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from
the Holy Spirit. 7 So you became an example to all believers in
Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only did the message about the Lord go
out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your
faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need
to say. 9 All those people speak about how you received us when we
visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the
true and living God 10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven—his
Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's
anger that is coming."
God bless you.
1 "From Paul, Silas, and Timothy— To the people of the church in
Thessalonica, who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
May grace and peace be yours. 2 We always thank God for you all and
always mention you in our prayers. 3 For we remember before our God
and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made
you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.
4 Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his
own. 5 For we brought the Good News to you, not with words only, but
also with power and the Holy Spirit, and with complete conviction of
its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you; it was for
your own good. 6 You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you
suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from
the Holy Spirit. 7 So you became an example to all believers in
Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For not only did the message about the Lord go
out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your
faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need
to say. 9 All those people speak about how you received us when we
visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the
true and living God 10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven—his
Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's
anger that is coming."
God bless you.
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