1 Thessalonians 1

1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in
A ⟨our Father and the Father of⟩
 the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ
B omit
.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you
ℵBA omit
 in our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope
A omit
 in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For our gospel
ℵ ⟨the gospel of our God⟩
 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
ℵA ⟨to⟩
 you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord
A ⟨God⟩
, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of
B ⟨and⟩
 the Holy Ghost:
7 So that ye were ensamples
B ⟨ensample⟩
 to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia
ℵBA ⟨in Achaia⟩
.
8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia
A omit; ℵ ⟨For from you sounded out the word of God not only in Macedonia and in Achaia⟩, ℵ* omits ⟨For⟩
, but also
ℵBA omit
 in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
9 For they themselves shew of us
B ⟨you⟩
 what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Colossians 4
1 Thessalonians 2
About the Pointing

The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).