1	Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
			2	Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
			3	We are bound# to thank# God always for you, brethren, as it is# meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly# , and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth# ;
			4	So that we ourselves glory# in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure# :
			5	Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy# of the kingdom of God, for which ye# also suffer# :
			6	Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense# tribulation to them that trouble# you;
			7	And to you who are troubled# rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, [his...: Gr. the angels of his power]
			8	In flaming fire taking# vengeance on them that know# not God, and that obey# not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: [taking: or, yielding]
			9	Who shall be punished# # with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
			10	When he shall come# to be glorified# in his saints, and to be admired# in all them that believe# (because our testimony among you was believed# ) in that day.
			11	Wherefore# also we pray# always for you, that our God would count# you worthy# of this calling, and fulfil# all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: [count: or, vouchsafe]
			12	That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified# in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.