| 1:1 | 保羅、西拉、提摩太、寫信給帖撒羅尼迦在父 神和主耶穌基督裏的教會.願恩惠平安歸與你們。 | Paul, 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. |
| 1:2 | 我們為你們眾人常常感謝 神、禱告的時候提到你們. | We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; |
| 1:3 | 在 神我們的父面前、不住的記念你們因信心所作的工夫、因愛心所受的勞苦、因盼望我們主耶穌基督所存的忍耐。 | Remembering 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; |
| 1:4 | 被 神所愛的弟兄阿、我知道你們是蒙揀選的. | Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. |
| 1:5 | 因為我們的福音傳到你們那裏、不獨在乎言語、也在乎權能、和聖靈、並充足的信心.正如你們知道我們在你們那裏、為你們的緣故是怎樣為人。 | For 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. |
| 1:6 | 並且你們在大難之中、蒙了聖靈所賜的喜樂、領受真道、就效法我們、也效法了主. | And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: |
| 1:7 | 甚至你們作了馬其頓和亞該亞、所有信主之人的榜樣。 | So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. |
| 1:8 | 因為主的道從你們那裏已經傳揚出來、你們向 神的信心不但在馬其頓和亞該亞、就是在各處、也都傳開了.所以不用我們說甚麼話。 | For 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. |
| 1:9 | 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裏、你們是怎樣離棄偶像歸向 神、要服事那又真又活的 神、 | For 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; |
| 1:10 | 等候他兒子從天降臨、就是他從死裏復活的、那位救我們脫離將來忿怒的耶穌。 | And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. |