1 kwabaseThesalonika 1:1-3

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