Inítium Epístolæ primæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Thessalonicénses (1,1-5.8b-10)
Paulus et Silvánus et Timótheus Ecclésiæ Thessalonicénsium in Deo Patre et Dómino Iésu Christo: grátia vobis et pax. Grátias ágimus Deo semper pro ómnibus vobis, memóriam faciéntes in oratiónibus nostris, sine intermissióne; mémores óperis fídei vestræ et labóris caritátis et sustinéntiæ spei Dómini nostri Iésu Christi ante Deum et Patrem nostrum; sciéntes, fratres, dilécti a Deo, electiónem vestram, quia evangélium nostrum non fuit ad vos in sermóne tantum sed et in virtúte et in Spíritu Sancto et in plenitúdine multa, sicut scitis quales fuérimus vobis propter vos. Sed in omni loco fides vestra, quæ est ad Deum, profécta est, ita ut non sit nobis necésse quidquam loqui; ipsi enim de nobis annúntiant qualem intróitum habuérimus ad vos, et quómodo convérsi estis ad Deum a simulácris, servíre Deo vivo et vero et exspectáre Fílium eíus de cælis, quem suscitávit ex mórtuis, Iésum, qui éripit nos ab ira ventúra.
Paul and Sylvanus and Timothee to the Church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for all you; making a memory of you in prayers without intermission, mindful of the work of your faith and labour, and of the charity, & of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our Father: knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election: that our Gospel hath not been to you in word only, but in power & the Holy Ghost, & in much fullness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes. And you became followers of us, & of our Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost: so that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia & in Achaia. For from you was bruited the word of our Lord: not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but also in every place, your faith which is to God-ward, is proceeded, so that it is not necessary for us to speak any thing. For they themselves report of us what manner of entering we had to you; and how you are turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God, and to expect his Son from Heaven (whom he raised up from the dead) Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come.
