Prima lettera ai Tessalonicesi 1

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Paulus et Silvanus et Timo theus ecclesiae Thessalonicen sium in DeoPatre et Domino Iesu Christo: gratia vobis et pax.	1 Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Gratias agimus Deo semper pro omnibus vobis, memoriam facientes in orationibusnostris, sine intermissione;	2 Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
3 memores operis fidei vestrae et laboris caritatiset sustinentiae spei Domini nostri Iesu Christi ante Deum et Patrem nostrum;	3 Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father:
4 scientes, fratres, dilecti a Deo, electionem vestram,	4 Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election:
5 quia evangelium nostrumnon fuit ad vos in sermone tantum sed et in virtute et in Spiritu Sancto et inplenitudine multa, sicut scitis quales fuerimus vobis propter vos.	5 For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.
6 Et vos imitatores nostri facti estis et Domini, excipientes verbum intribulatione multa cum gaudio Spiritus Sancti,	6 And you became followers of us, and of the Lord; receiving the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
7 ita ut facti sitis formaomnibus credentibus in Macedonia et in Achaia.	7 So that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8 A vobis enim diffamatus estsermo Domini non solum in Macedonia et in Achaia, sed in omni loco fides vestra,quae est ad Deum, profecta est, ita ut non sit nobis necesse quidquam loqui;	8 For from you was spread abroad the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia, and in Achaia, but also in every place, your faith which is towards God, is gone forth, so that we need not to speak any thing.
9 ipsi enim de nobis annuntiant qualem introitum habuerimus ad vos, et quomodoconversi estis ad Deum a simulacris, servire Deo vivo et vero	9 For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God.
10 et exspectareFilium eius de caelis, quem suscitavit ex mortuis, Iesum, qui eripit nos ab iraventura.	10 And to wait for his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead,) Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to come.