From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.