IN POWER

1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-10

PAUL, 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 OUR FATHER,

 AND 

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

WE GIVE THANKS

TO GOD ALWAYS

FOR YOU ALL, 

MAKING MENTION 

OF YOU 

IN OUR PRAYERS; 

REMEMBERING 

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; 

KNOWING,

BRETHREN BELOVED,

YOUR ELECTION OF GOD.

FOR 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 AMOUNG YOU 

FOR YOUR SAKE. 

AND YE BECAME 

FOLLOWERS OF US, 

AND OF THE LORD, 

HAVING RECEIVED 

THE WORD IN MUCH 

AFFLICTION, 

WITH JOY OF 

THE HOLY GHOST. 

SO THAT YE WERE 

ENSAMPLES 

TO ALL THAT BELIEVE 

IN MACEDONIA AND ACHAIA. 

FOR 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 

ANYTHING. 

FOR 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;

 AND TO 
WAIT FOR HIS SON

 FROM HEAVEN,

 WHOM HE RAISED 

FROM THE DEAD, 

EVEN JESUS,

WHICH DELIVERED US

FROM

THE WRATH TO COME.

 

Love