¹Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹Pavel, Silván a Timoteus cirkvi Tesaloničanov v Bohu Otcovi a v Pánu Ježišu Kristovi: milosť vám a pokoj od Boha, nášho Otca, a od Pána Ježiša Krista!

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

²Ďakujeme vždycky Bohu vzhľadom na vás na všetkých zmieňujúc sa na svojich modlitbách o vás,

³Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

³neprestajne pamätajúc na vaše dielo viery a na úsilnú prácu lásky a na trpezlivosť nádeje nášho Pána Ježiša Krista pred svojím Bohom a Otcom,

⁴Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

⁴vediac, bratia, milovaní od Boha, vaše vyvolenie.

⁵For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

⁵Lebo naše evanjelium, ktoré sme vám zvestovali, nezáležalo iba v slove, ale aj v moci a v Svätom Duchu a v mnohej istote, jako viete, jakí sme boli medzi vami pre vás.

⁶And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.

⁶A vy ste sa stali našimi nasledovníkmi a Pánovými prijmúc slovo v mnohom súžení s radosťou Svätého Ducha,

⁷So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

⁷takže ste sa stali vzorom všetkým veriacim v Macedonii a v Achaji.

⁸For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

⁸Lebo od vás sa rozhlásilo slovo Pánovo nie len v Macedonii a v Achaji, ale aj na každom mieste sa rozniesla vaša viera v Boha, takže nám netreba nič hovoriť.

⁹For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

⁹Lebo oni sami zvestujú o nás, aký bol náš príchod k vám, a jako ste sa obrátili od modiel k Bohu, aby ste slúžili Bohu, živému a pravdivému,

¹⁰And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

¹⁰a očakávali jeho Syna z nebies, ktorého vzkriesil z mŕtvych, Ježiša, ktorý nás vychvacuje od prijdúceho hnevu.