{
 "translation": "KJV",
 "book": "1 Thessalonians",
 "chapter": 1,
 "verses": [
  {
   "v": 1,
   "t": "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."
  },
  {
   "v": 2,
   "t": "We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;"
  },
  {
   "v": 3,
   "t": "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;"
  },
  {
   "v": 4,
   "t": "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God."
  },
  {
   "v": 5,
   "t": "For our gospel 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 you for your sake."
  },
  {
   "v": 6,
   "t": "And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"
  },
  {
   "v": 7,
   "t": "So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia."
  },
  {
   "v": 8,
   "t": "For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing."
  },
  {
   "v": 9,
   "t": "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;"
  },
  {
   "v": 10,
   "t": "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
  }
 ],
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 "html": "https://crawlerschurch.org/bible/1-thessalonians/1/",
 "church": "https://crawlerschurch.org",
 "blessing": "The Word is public domain. So is grace."
}