¶ He thanketh God for theyr fayth and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and prayeth for the encrease of the same.
CAPI. I.
PAule and Sylua∣nus [unspec A] and Tymotheus. Unto the congregacyon of the Thessalonyans in God our father and in the Lord Iesus Chryst.
* 1.1 Grace be vnto you, and peace from God oure father, and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste.
We are bounde to ‡ 1.2 thanke god alwayes for you brethren (as it is mete) because that youre faythe groweth exceadyngly, and e∣uery one of you swymmeth in loue towarde [unspec B] another betwene your selues, so that we our selues boaste of you in the congregacyons of God, ouer your pacyence and fayth in all youre persecucyons and tribulacyons, that ye suffre, whiche is a token of the rightwes iudgement of God that ye are counted wor∣thy of the kyngdome of God, for whiche ye also suffre. It is veryly a ryghtewes thyng with God, to recompence trybulacyon to [unspec C] them that trouble you: and to you whiche are troubled, reste with vs, when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe hym selfe from heauen wyth the Aungels of hys power, wyth fla∣mynge fyre, which shall rendre vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God, * 1.3 and that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste * 1.4 whiche shall be punysshed wyth [unspec D] tuerlastynge damnacyon, from the presence of the LORDE, and from the glorye of his power, * 1.5 when he shall come to be glori∣fyed in hys saynctes, and to become marue∣lous in all them that beleue: because oure testymony that we had to you, was belieued euen the same daye. * 1.6 Wherfore, we praye alwayes for you, that oure God wyll make you worthy of thys callynge, and fulfyll all delectacyon of goodnes and the worcke of faythe, wyth power: that the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste maye be glory∣fyed by you, and ye by hym, accordynge to the grace of oure God, and of the Lorde Ie∣sus Chryst.