1 Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ. paylos kai siloyanos kai timotheos tē ekklēsia thessalonikeōn en theō patri hēmōn kai kyriō iēsoy christō.

2 χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. charis hymin kai eirēnē apo theoy patros hēmōn kai kyrioy iēsoy christoy.

3 Εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν τῷ θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, καθὼς ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑπεραυξάνει ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν καὶ πλεονάζει ἡ ἀγάπη ἑνὸς ἑκάστου πάντων ὑμῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους, eycharistein opheilomen tō theō pantote peri hymōn, adelphoi, kathōs axion estin, hoti hyperayxanei hē pistis hymōn kai pleonazei hē agapē henos hekastoy pantōn hymōn eis allēloys,

4 ὥστε αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐνκαυχᾶσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ὑμῶν καὶ πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς διωγμοῖς ὑμῶν καὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν αἷς ἀνέχεσθε, hōste aytoys hēmas en hymin enkaychasthai en tais ekklēsiais toy theoy hyper tēs hypomonēs hymōn kai pisteōs en pasin tois diōgmois hymōn kai tais thlipsesin ahis anechesthe,

5 ἔνδειγμα τῆς δικαίας κρίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς τὸ καταξιωθῆναι ὑμᾶς τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, ὑπὲρ ἧς καὶ πάσχετε, endeigma tēs dikaias kriseōs toy theoy, eis to kataxiōthēnai hymas tēs basileias toy theoy, hyper hēs kai paschete,

6 εἴπερ δίκαιον παρὰ θεῷ ἀνταποδοῦναι τοῖς θλίβουσιν ὑμᾶς θλῖψιν eiper dikaion para theō antapodoynai tois thliboysin hymas thlipsin

7 καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς θλιβομένοις ἄνεσιν μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἀποκαλύψει τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ μετ’ ἀγγέλων δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ kai hymin tois thlibomenois anesin meth’ hēmōn en tē apokalypsei toy kyrioy iēsoy ap’ oyranoy met’ aggelōn dynameōs aytoy

8 ἐν πυρὶ φλογός, διδόντος ἐκδίκησιν τοῖς μὴ εἰδόσιν θεὸν καὶ τοῖς μὴ ὑπακούουσιν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ, en pyri phlogos, didontos ekdikēsin tois mē eidosin theon kai tois mē hypakoyoysin tō eyaggeliō toy kyrioy hēmōn iēsoy,

9 οἵτινες δίκην τίσουσιν ὄλεθρον αἰώνιον ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ, ohitines dikēn tisoysin olethron aiōnion apo prosōpoy toy kyrioy kai apo tēs doxēs tēs ischyos aytoy,

10 ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐνδοξασθῆναι ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ καὶ θαυμασθῆναι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύσασιν, ὅτι ἐπιστεύθη τὸ μαρτύριον ἡμῶν ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. hotan elthē endoxasthēnai en tois hagiois aytoy kai thaymasthēnai en pasin tois pisteysasin, hoti episteythē to martyrion hēmōn eph’ hymas, en tē hēmera ekeinē.

11 Εἰς ὃ καὶ προσευχόμεθα πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἵνα ὑμᾶς ἀξιώσῃ τῆς κλήσεως ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ πληρώσῃ πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν ἀγαθωσύνης καὶ ἔργον πίστεως ἐν δυνάμει, eis ho kai proseychometha pantote peri hymōn, hina hymas axiōsē tēs klēseōs ho theos hēmōn kai plērōsē pasan eydokian agathōsynēs kai ergon pisteōs en dynamei,

12 ὅπως ἐνδοξασθῇ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν αὐτῷ, κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. hopōs endoxasthē to onoma toy kyrioy hēmōn iēsoy en hymin, kai hymeis en aytō, kata tēn charin toy theoy hēmōn kai kyrioy iēsoy christoy.