1 Thessalonians 1 : American Standard Version

1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
2We give thanks to God always for you
all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3remembering
without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of
hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; 4knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, 5how
that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power,
and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what
manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake. 6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the
word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit; 7so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and
in Achaia. 8For from you hath sounded forth the word of
the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your
faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak
anything. 9For they themselves report concerning us what
manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God
from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10and to
wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even
Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.