1 Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ καὶ κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη. paylos kai siloyanos kai timotheos tē ekklēsia thessalonikeōn en theō patri kai kyriō iēsoy christō. charis hymin kai eirēnē.

2 Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν, μνείαν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν, eycharistoymen tō theō pantote peri pantōn hymōn, mneian poioymenoi epi tōn proseychōn hēmōn,

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, adialeiptōs mnēmoneyontes hymōn toy ergoy tēs pisteōs kai toy kopoy tēs agapēs kai tēs hypomonēs tēs elpidos toy kyrioy hēmōn iēsoy christoy emprosthen toy theoy kai patros hēmōn,

4 εἰδότες, ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, τὴν ἐκλογὴν ὑμῶν, eidotes, adelphoi ēgapēmenoi hypo toy theoy, tēn eklogēn hymōn,

5 ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει καὶ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ, καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ἐν ὑμῖν δι’ ὑμᾶς. hoti to eyaggelion hēmōn oyk egenēthē eis hymas en logō monon alla kai en dynamei kai en pneymati hagiō kai plērophoria pollē, kathōs oidate ohioi egenēthēmen en hymin di’ hymas.

6 καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ κυρίου, δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς πνεύματος ἁγίου, kai hymeis mimētai hēmōn egenēthēte kai toy kyrioy, dexamenoi ton logon en thlipsei pollē meta charas pneymatos hagioy,

7 ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπον πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ. hōste genesthai hymas typon pasin tois pisteyoysin en tē makedonia kai en tē achaia.

8 ἀφ’ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἔχειν ἡμᾶς λαλεῖν τι· aph’ hymōn gar exēchētai ho logos toy kyrioy oy monon en tē makedonia kai en tē achaia, all’ en panti topō hē pistis hymōn hē pros ton theon exelēlythen, hōste mē chreian echein hēmas lalein ti·

9 αὐτοὶ γὰρ περὶ ἡμῶν ἀπαγγέλλουσιν ὁποίαν εἴσοδον ἔσχομεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ πῶς ἐπεστρέψατε πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων δουλεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι καὶ ἀληθινῷ, aytoi gar peri hēmōn apaggelloysin hopoian eisodon eschomen pros hymas, kai pōs epestrepsate pros ton theon apo tōn eidōlōn doyleyein theō zōnti kai alēthinō,

10 καὶ ἀναμένειν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, Ἰησοῦν τὸν ῥυόμενον ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς ὀργῆς τῆς ἐρχομένης. kai anamenein ton yhion aytoy ek tōn oyranōn, hon ēgeiren ek tōn nekrōn, iēsoyn ton hryomenon hēmas ek tēs orgēs tēs erchomenēs.