¹ ¶Παῦλος, καὶ Σιλουανὸς, καὶ Τιμόθεος· τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων, ἐν ˚Θεῷ Πατρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ ˚Κυρίῳ ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστῷ:

² χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ ˚Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ˚Κυρίου ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ.

³ ¶Εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν τῷ ˚Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, καθὼς ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑπεραυξάνει ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν, καὶ πλεονάζει ἡ ἀγάπη ἑνὸς ἑκάστου, πάντων ὑμῶν, εἰς ἀλλήλους,

⁴ ὥστε αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι, ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς διωγμοῖς ὑμῶν, καὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν αἷς ἀνέχεσθε,

⁵ ἔνδειγμα τῆς δικαίας κρίσεως τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ καταξιωθῆναι ὑμᾶς τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ὑπὲρ ἧς καὶ πάσχετε,

⁶ εἴπερ δίκαιον παρὰ ˚Θεῷ, ἀνταποδοῦναι τοῖς θλίβουσιν ὑμᾶς θλῖψιν,

⁷ καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς θλιβομένοις, ἄνεσιν μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἀποκαλύψει τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ˚Ἰησοῦ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ, μετʼ ἀγγέλων δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ,

⁸ ἐν πυρὶ φλογός διδόντος ἐκδίκησιν τοῖς μὴ εἰδόσι ˚Θεὸν, καὶ τοῖς μὴ ὑπακούουσιν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ, ˚Χριστοῦ·

⁹ οἵτινες δίκην τίσουσιν ὄλεθρον αἰώνιον, ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ ˚Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ,

¹⁰ ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐνδοξασθῆναι ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, καὶ θαυμασθῆναι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύσασιν, ὅτι ἐπιστεύθη τὸ μαρτύριον ἡμῶν ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.

¹¹ Εἰς ὃ καὶ προσευχόμεθα πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ἀξιώσῃ τῆς κλήσεως ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἡμῶν, καὶ πληρώσῃ πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν ἀγαθωσύνης, καὶ ἔργον πίστεως ἐν δυνάμει,

¹² ὅπως ἐνδοξασθῇ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ, ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ, κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ ˚Κυρίου ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ.