¶ Paul Silvanus and Timotheus. ¶ Unto the congregation of the Thessalonians, in God the father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, and a peculiar people, that ye should shew the vertues of him that called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
If any man speak, let him talk as though he speake the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God ministreth unto him. That God in all things may be glorified thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and while the world standeth Amen.