1Thessalonians:1

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bbe @1Thessalonians:1:1 @Paul and Silvanus and Timothy , to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ : Grace to you and peace . bbe @1Thessalonians:1:2 @We give praise to God at all times for you , keeping you in memory in our prayers ; bbe @1Thessalonians:1:3 @Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ , before our God and Father ; bbe @1Thessalonians:1:4 @Being conscious , my brothers , dear to God , that you have been marked out by God 's purpose ; bbe @1Thessalonians:1:5 @Because our good news came to you , not in word only , but in power , and in the Holy Spirit , so that you were completely certain of it ; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you . bbe @1Thessalonians:1:6 @And you took us and the Lord as your example , after the word had come to you in much trouble , with joy in the Holy Spirit ; bbe @1Thessalonians:1:7 @So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia . bbe @1Thessalonians:1:8 @For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia , but in every place your faith in God is made clear ; so that we have no need to say anything . bbe @1Thessalonians:1:9 @For they themselves give the news of how we came among you ; and how you were turned from images to God , to the worship of a true and living God , bbe @1Thessalonians:1:10 @Waiting for his Son from heaven , who came back from the dead , even Jesus , our Saviour from the wrath to come .

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