1 Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν Θεῷ Πατρὶ καὶ Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ· Χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
2 Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ὑμῶνποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν,
3 ἀδιαλείπτως μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος, τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν,
4 εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸΘεοῦ, τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν.
5 Ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει καὶ ἐνΠνεύματι Ἁγίῳ καὶ ἐνπληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ (καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ἐνὑμῖν δι᾿ ὑμᾶς).
6 Καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ Κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς Πνεύματος Ἁγίου,
7 ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπουςπᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶἈχαΐᾳ.
8 Ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ Κυρίου, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇἈχαΐᾳ ἀλλὰ καὶἐν παντὶ τόπῳ—ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἡμᾶς ἔχεινλαλεῖν τι.
9 Αὐτοὶ γὰρ περὶ ὑμῶνἀπαγγέλλουσινὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔσχομενπρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων δουλεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ,
10 καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν (ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ τῶννεκρῶν)—Ἰησοῦν, τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἀπὸτῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχομένης.