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1. Thessalonians
1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;4Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.9For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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1بُولُسُ وَسِلْوَانُسُ وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ إِلَى كَنِيسَةِ التَّسَالُونِيكِيِّينَ فِي اللهِ الآبِ وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ، نِعْمَةٌ لَكُمْ وَسَلاَمٌ مِنَ اللهِ أَبِينَا وَالرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ المَسِيحِ.

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2نَشْكُرُ اللهَ كُلَّ حِينٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ جَمِيعِكُمْ ذَاكِرِينَ إِيَّاكُمْ فِي صَلَوَاتِنَا،3مُتَذَكِّرِينَ بِلاَ انْقِطَاعٍ عَمَلَ إِيمَانِكُمْ وَتَعَبَ مَحَبَّتِكُمْ وَصَبْرَ رَجَائِكُمْ، رَبَّنَا يَسُوعَ المَسِيحَ، أَمَامَ اللهِ وَأَبِينَا،4عَالِمِينَ، أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ المَحْبُوبُونَ مِنَ اللهِ، اخْتِيَارَكُمْ،5أَنَّ إِنْجِيلَنَا لَمْ يَصِرْ لَكُمْ بِالْكَلاَمِ فَقَطْ بَلْ بِالْقُوَّةِ أَيْضاً وَبِالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ وَبِيَقِينٍ شَدِيدٍ، كَمَا تَعْرِفُونَ أَيَّ رِجَالٍ كُنَّا بَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ.6وَأَنْتُمْ صِرْتُمْ مُتَمَثِّلِينَ بِنَا وَبِالرَّبِّ إِذْ قَبِلْتُمُ الْكَلِمَةَ فِي ضِيقٍ كَثِيرٍ بِفَرَحِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ،7حَتَّى صِرْتُمْ قُدْوَةً لِجَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ وَفِي أَخَائِيَةَ.8لأَنَّهُ مِنْ قِبَلِكُمْ قَدْ أُذِيعَتْ كَلِمَةُ الرَّبِّ، لَيْسَ فِي مَكِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَةَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَيْضاً قَدْ ذَاعَ إِيمَانُكُمْ بِاللهِ، حَتَّى لَيْسَ لَنَا حَاجَةٌ أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ شَيْئاً.9لأَنَّهُمْ هُمْ يُخْبِرُونَ عَنَّا أَيُّ دُخُولٍ كَانَ لَنَا إِلَيْكُمْ وَكَيْفَ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى اللهِ مِنَ الأَوْثَانِ لِتَعْبُدُوا اللهَ الْحَيَّ الْحَقِيقِيَّ10وَتَنْتَظِرُوا ابْنَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، يَسُوعَ، الَّذِي يُنْقِذُنَا مِنَ الْغَضَبِ الآتِي.