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1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace.[#On the address, see note on Rom 1:1–7.; #Acts 15:40; 16:1–3, 19; 17:14–15; 2 Thes 1:1–2.]
Thanksgiving for Their Faith.
2We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers, unceasingly[#2 Thes 1:3.]
3calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father,[#: this, along with 1 Thes 5:8, is the earliest mention in Christian literature of the three “theological virtues” (see 1 Cor 13:13). The order here stresses eschatological hope, in line with the letter’s emphasis on the Lord’s second, triumphal coming, or parousia (1 Thes 1:10; 2:12, 19; 3:13; 4:13–5:11; 5:23).]
4knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen.[#2 Thes 2:13.]
5For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and [with] much conviction. You know what sort of people we were [among] you for your sake.[#Acts 13:52; 17:1–9.]
6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit,[#: the Pauline theme of “imitation” (see 1 Thes 2:14; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1; 2 Thes 3:9) is rooted in Paul’s view of solidarity in Christ through sharing in Jesus’ cross and in the Spirit of the risen Lord.]
7so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.[#2 Thes 1:4; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1 / 2:14; Phil 3:17.]
8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and [in] Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.[#Rom 1:8.]
9For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God[#Acts 14:15; Gal 4:8 / 4:5.]
10and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from [the] dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the coming wrath.[#Rom 2:1–16; 5:9; 13:4 / 5:9.]