1 Thessalonians 1:1

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1 Paul, ^aSilvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the ^bThessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace¹ from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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2 ^aWe give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

3 remembering without ceasing ^ayour work of faith, ^blabor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

4 knowing, beloved brethren, ^ayour election by God.

5 For ^aour gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, ^band in the Holy Spirit ^cand in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

6 And ^ayou became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, ^bwith joy of the Holy Spirit,

7 so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.

8 For from you the word of the Lord ^ahas sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also ^bin every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.

9 For they themselves declare concerning us ^awhat manner of entry we had to you, ^band how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

10 and ^ato wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us ^bfrom the wrath to come.

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1 Thessalonians 1:1

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus - On the reasons why Paul associated other names with his in his epistles, see the I Corinthians 1:1 note, and II Corinthians 2:1 note. Silvanus, or Silas, and Timothy were properly united with him on this occasion, because they had been with him when the church was founded there, Acts 17, and because Timothy had been sent by the apostle to visit them after he had himself been driven away; I Thessalonians 2:1-2. Silas is first mentioned in the New Testament as one who was sent by the church at Jerusalem with Paul to Antioch (notes, Acts 15:22); and he afterward became his traveling companion.

Which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ - Who are united to the true God and to the Redeemer; or who sustain an intimate relation to the Father and the Lord Jesus. This is strong language, denoting, that they were a true church; compare I John 5:20. "Grace be unto you," etc.; see the notes, Romans 1:7.

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Thessalonians 1:1:

Acts 15:22
Romans 1:7
Romans 9:26
Romans 15:26
1 Corinthians 1:1
2 Corinthians 1:19
Galatians 1:2
Colossians 1:1
1 Thessalonians 2:6
2 Thessalonians 1:1
2 Thessalonians 2:2
Philemon 1:1
Philemon 1:1
1 Peter 5:12
Revelation 2:1

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