¹ ¶Παῦλος, καὶ Σιλουανὸς, καὶ Τιμόθεος, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν ˚Θεῷ Πατρὶ καὶ ˚Κυρίῳ ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστῷ: χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη.

² ¶Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ ˚Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν, ἀδιαλείπτως

³ μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν,

⁴ εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν,

⁵ ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν ˚Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ, καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ὑμῖν διʼ ὑμᾶς.

⁶ Καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς ˚Πνεύματος Ἁγίου,

⁷ ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπους πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ.

⁸ Ἀφʼ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν ˚Θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἔχειν ἡμᾶς λαλεῖν τι.

⁹ Αὐτοὶ γὰρ περὶ ἡμῶν ἀπαγγέλλουσιν ὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔσχομεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν ˚Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων, δουλεύειν ˚Θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ,

¹⁰ καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχομένης.