1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
保罗、西拉和提摩太,写信给在神我们的父并主耶稣基督里,帖撒罗尼迦人的召会:
1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
愿恩典与平安,从神我们的父,并主耶稣基督归与你们。
1:3 We ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, even as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly and the love of each one of you all to one another is increasing,
1:4 So that we ourselves boast in you among the churches of God concerning your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions which you bear,
以致我们在神的众召会中,亲自以你们为夸口,因为你们在所忍受的一切逼迫与患难中,仍有忍耐和信心;
1:5 A plain indication of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be accounted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer;
这正是神公义审判的明证,叫你们可算配得神的国,你们的确是为这国受苦;
1:6 Since it is just with God to repay with affliction those afflicting you,
1:10 When He comes to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at in all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
那些不顺从祂福音的人要受刑罚,就是永远沉沦,离开主的面,并离开祂力量的荣耀。
1:11 For which also we pray always concerning you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling and may fulfill in power your every good intention for goodness and your work of faith,