1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the community of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah: Grace to you and shalom.
2. We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers—continually
3. remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadiness of hope in our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
4. We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that you are chosen,
5. because our Good News did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Ruach ha-Kodesh and with complete certainty—just as you know what kind of men we proved to be while among you for your sake.
6. You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having accepted the message in much tribulation, with the joy of the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
7. So you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
8. For the word of the Lord rang out from you—not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faithfulness toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.