We give thanks to God always for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers;

For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;

for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit;

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we have no need to say anything.

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come.

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity, nor is it made with deceit;

For, as you know, we never used flattery nor a pretext for greed God is witness

Having so fond an affection for you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.

For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.

for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,

But since we were taken away from you, brethren, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.

For we wanted to come to you, I, Paul, again and againbut Satan hindered us.

For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For you are our glory and joy.

so that no one would be unsettled by these afflictions. You yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;

for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you in return for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God,

and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that is, that you should abstain from sexual immorality;

that each one of you know how to take his own spouse for himself in holiness and honor,

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

Now concerning love of the brethren you have no need to have any one write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness.

For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

For God has not destined us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with him.

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Brethren, pray for us.