| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 1This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God give you grace and peace. The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers |
| 2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, | 2We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly. |
| 3remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, | 3As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 4knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God. | 4We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people. |
| 5For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. | 5For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you. |
| 6And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, | 6So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord. |
| 7so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. | 7As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece—throughout both Macedonia and Achaia. |
| 8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. | 8And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it, |
| 9For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, | 9for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God. |
| 10and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. | 10And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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