1 Thessalonians 1

1 ¹Paul, Silas, and Timothy, to di Thessalonian church wey dey inside our Papa and di Oga Jesus Christ: make grace and peace dey with una.

²We dey always thank our Papa for una all, dey call una name for our prayer.

We Dey Thank God for Dia Faith and Love

³For front of our Papa, we dey always remember di work wey una faith dey produce, di labour wey una love dey push, and di way wey una dey endure because of di hope wey una get for our Oga Jesus Christ. ⁴Because we know, brothers and sisters wey our Papa love, sey na im don choose una, ⁵because our gospel no come reach una for word only, but for power too, di Holy Spirit, and full-ground assurance. Una sabi di kind people wey we be when we dey among una, for una own sake. ⁶Una copy us and di Oga, as una welcome di message even inside plenty suffering, with joy wey come from di Holy Spirit, ⁷so dat una come be example to all di believers for Macedonia and Achaia. ⁸Because na from una di Oga im word take ring out—no be for Macedonia and Achaia only, but di faith wey una get for our Papa don reach everywhere—so we no even need talk anytin. ⁹Because dem demself dey report about us, how una welcome us among una, and how una turn to our Papa comot from idol, to serve di living and true Papa, ¹⁰and to dey wait for im Pikin wey go come from heaven, di one wey our Papa raise from di dead—Jesus, wey dey rescue us from di anger wey dey come. ^a a v10 Paul call di whole gospel with one breath: our Papa raise im Pikin Jesus, wey dey rescue us from di judgement wey dey come — di Papa and di Pikin dey work together for our salvation.