For God has not appointed us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc),

because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc) will rise first.

and we sent Timothy, our brother and coworker for God in the gospel of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc), to establish and encourage you in your faith,

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc) Jesus which are in Judea; because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,

Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc), we were gentle among you, like a mother tenderly nursing her own children.

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love and the steadfastness of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc).

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc) Grace to you and peace.

sends greetings; you Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc) Jesus, sends you greetings, always laboring on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm in everything that God wills, mature and fully assured. in everything wills, God

At the same time, pray also for us, that God will open a door for our message, so that we may declare the mystery of Christ (Christou | Χριστοῦ | gen sg masc), for which I am in chains;

for you know that from Lord you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. Serve the Lord Christ (Christō | Χριστῷ | dat sg masc). Serve