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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, Silas</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Silvanus</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Silas</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Timothy,</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians&#8217; Faith</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1TH.1.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1TH.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1TH.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1TH.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For we know, brothers and sisters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.</span></span></span><span class="content"> loved by God, that he has chosen you, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1TH.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1TH.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1TH.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1TH.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Lord&#8217;s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia&#8212;your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1TH.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1TH.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead&#8212;Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.</span></span></div>
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