1 Thessalonians · Chapter 1

[ edit] Poul, apoſtle, and Siluan, and Tymoþe, to þe chirche of Teſſalonycenſis, in God, oure fadir, and þe Lord Jheſu Criſt, grace to ȝou, and pees. We don þankingis to God euermore for alle ȝou, makinge mynde of ȝou in oure preieris wiþoute ceeſſynge; we myndeful of ȝoure werk of feiþ, and traueil, and charite, and ſuſteynyng of þe hope of oure Lord Jheſu Criſt, bifore þe Lord and oure fadir.

We witynge, ȝe mooſt loued briþeren of þe Lord, ȝoure cheſyng; for oure goſpel was not at ȝou in word oonli, but in vertu, and in þe Hooly Gooſt, and in moche plente; as ȝe witen, what maner men we weren in ȝou for ȝou; and ȝe ben maad oure foloweris, and of þe Lord, reſceyuynge þe word in moche tribulacioun, wiþ ioye of þe Hooly Gooſt; ſo þat ȝe ben maad fourme, or enſaumple, to alle men bileuynge, in Macedonye and in Achaye. Forſoþ of ȝou þe word of þe Lord is defamyd, or moche told, not oonly in Macedonye and Achaye, but in ech place ȝoure feiþ þat is to God, is parfyt; ſo þat it is not nede for to ſpeke to ȝou ony þing.

Forſoþ þei ſchewen of ȝou, what maner entre we hadden to ȝou, and hou ȝe ben conuertid to God fro ſymylacris, for to ſerue to quyk God and very; and for to abide his ſone fro heuenes, whom he reiſyde fro deede men, Jheſu, þat delyuerede vs fro wraþþe to comynge.