1 kwabaseThesalonika 1:1-10

UPawulu, noSilvanu, noThimothewu kulo ibandla labaseThesalonika elikuNkulunkulu uBaba naseNkosini uJesu Kristu: Makube kini umusa nokuthula okuvela kuNkulunkulu uBaba wethu naseNkosini uJesu Kristu. Sibonga uNkulunkulu njalo ngani nonke, sinikhumbula emikhulekweni yethu; sikhumbula ngokungaphezi umsebenzi wenu wokholo, nomshikashika wothando, nokubekezela kwethemba eNkosini yethu uJesu Kristu phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu; sisazi, bazalwane abathandekayo, ukukhethwa kwenu kukaNkulunkulu. Ngokuba ivangeli lethu alifikanga kini ngezwi kuphela, kodwa nangamandla, nangoMoya oNgcwele, nangokuqiniseka okukhulu; njengokuba nazi ukuthi sasinjani phakathi kwenu ngenxa yenu. Nani naba ngabalingisi bethu nabeNkosi, selamukele izwi ekuhluphekeni okukhulu ngentokozo kaMoya oNgcwele; naze naba yisibonelo kubo bonke abakholwayo eMakedoniya nase-Akhaya. Ngokuba izwi leNkosi lazwakala livela kini, kungesikho eMakedoniya nase-Akhaya kuphela, kepha nasezindaweni zonke ukukholwa kwenu kuNkulunkulu kwanda; ukuze singadingi ukukhuluma utho. Ngokuba bona uqobo babika ngathi ukungena kwethu kini, nokuthi naphendukela kanjani kuNkulunkulu, niphuma ezithombeni, nikhonza uNkulunkulu ophilayo noweqiniso; nokulinda iNdodana yakhe ivela ezulwini, ayivusa kwabafileyo, uJesu osikhulula olakeni oluzayo.