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| [1]Poul, and Siluan, and Tymothe, to the chirche of Tessalonicensis, in God the fadir, |
[1]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 with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| [2]and in the Lord Jhesu Crist, grace and pees to you. We doon thankyngis to God euere more for alle you, and we maken mynde of you in oure preyeris withouten ceessyng; |
[2]We give God thanks always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers |
| [3]hauynge mynde of the werk of youre feith, and trauel, and charite, and abyding of the hope of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, bifor God and oure fadir. |
[3]Without ceasing, remembering your effectual faith, and diligent love and the patience of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God even our Father, |
| [4]Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing; |
[4]Knowing, beloved brethren, that ye are elect of God. |
| [5]for oure gospel was not at you in word oneli, but also in vertu, and in the Hooli Goost, and in myche plente; as ye witen, whiche we weren among you for you; |
[5]For our Gospel was not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what manner we were among you for your sakes. |
| [6]and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost; |
[6]And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, and received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost, |
| [7]so that ye ben maad ensaumple to alle men that bileuen, in Macedonye and in Acaie. |
[7]So that ye were as ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. |
| [8]For of you the word of the Lord is pupplischid, not oneli in Macedonye and Acaie, but youre feith that is to God, in ech place is gon forth; so that it is not nede to vs to speke ony thing. |
[8]For from you sounded out the word of the Lord, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but your faith also which is toward God, spread abroad in all quarters, that we need not to speak anything. |
| [9]For thei schewen of you, what maner entre we hadden to you, and hou ye ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to the lyuynge God and veri; and to abide his sone fro heuenes, |
[9]For they themselves show of you what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, |
| [10]whom he reiside fro deth, the Lord Jhesu, that delyuerede us fro wraththe to comynge. |
[10]And to look for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus which delivereth us from the wrath to come. |