1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians united with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers. 3We continually remember your work of faith, labor of love, and patience, and your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. 4We know your calling brothers, beloved of God. 5We preached the good news to you, not in words only but with power from Holy Spirit and with conviction of its truth. You know how we lived when we were with you. It was for your own good. 6You imitated the Lord and us, even though you suffered much affliction. Yet you received the word with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit. 7So you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8For not only did the message about God go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing that we need to say. 9All 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, 10and 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 indignation that is to come.