1:1  Paulus et Silvanus et Timotheus         1.  Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
ecclesiae Thessalonicensium in Deo           unto the church of the Thessalonians in
Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo          God our Father and the Lord Jesus
                                             Christ:
1:2  gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre         2.  Grace unto you, and peace, from God
nostro et Domino Iesu Christo                our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3  gratias agere debemus Deo semper        3.  We are bound to thank God always
pro vobis fratres ita ut dignum est          for you, brethren, as it is meet,
quoniam supercrescit fides vestra et         because that your faith groweth
abundat caritas uniuscuiusque omnium         exceedingly, and the charity of every
vestrum in invicem                           one of you all toward each other
                                             aboundeth;
1:4  ita ut et nos ipsi in vobis             4.  So that we ourselves glory in you
gloriemur in ecclesiis Dei pro               in the churches of God for your
patientia vestra et fide in omnibus          patience and faith in all your
persecutionibus vestris et                   persecutions and tribulations that ye
tribulationibus quas sustinetis              endure:
1:5  in exemplum iusti iudicii Dei ut        5.  Which is a manifest token of the
digni habeamini regno Dei pro quo et         righteous judgment of God, that ye may
patimini                                     be counted worthy of the kingdom of
                                             God, for which ye also suffer:
1:6  si tamen iustum est apud Deum           6.  Seeing it is a righteous thing with
retribuere tribulationem his qui vos         God to recompense tribulation to them
tribulant                                    that trouble you;
1:7  et vobis qui tribulamini requiem        7.  And to you who are troubled rest
nobiscum in revelatione Domini Iesu de       with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
caelo cum angelis virtutis eius              revealed from heaven with his mighty
                                             angels,
1:8  in flamma ignis dantis vindictam        8.  In flaming fire taking vengeance on
his qui non noverunt Deum et qui non         them that know not God, and that obey
oboediunt evangelio Domini nostri Iesu       not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:9  qui poenas dabunt in interitu           9.  Who shall be punished with
aeternas a facie Domini et a gloria          everlasting destruction from the
virtutis eius                                presence of the Lord, and from the
                                             glory of his power;
1:10  cum venerit glorificari in             10.  When he shall come to be glorified
sanctis suis et admirabilis fieri in         in his saints, and to be admired in all
omnibus qui crediderunt quia creditum        them that believe (because our
est testimonium nostrum super vos in         testimony among you was believed) in
die illo                                     that day.
1:11  in quo etiam oramus semper pro         11.  Wherefore also we pray always for
vobis ut dignetur vos vocatione sua          you, that our God would count you
Deus et impleat omnem voluntatem             worthy of this calling, and fulfil all
bonitatis et opus fidei in virtute           the good pleasure of his goodness, and
                                             the work of faith with power:
1:12  ut clarificetur nomen Domini           12.  That the name of our Lord Jesus
nostri Iesu Christi in vobis et vos in       Christ may be glorified in you, and ye
illo secundum gratiam Dei nostri et          in him, according to the grace of our
Domini Iesu Christi                          God and the Lord Jesus Christ.