¹Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

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 labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and 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 of God, your election,

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

⁵how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward 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 imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

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

⁷so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

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

⁸For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

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 report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a 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, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

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