1 Thessalonians 1
1 Thessalonians chapter 1 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost; 2 so that ye ben maad ensaumple to alle men that bileuen, in Macedonye and in Acaie. 3 For of you the word of the Lord is pupplischid, not oneli in Macedonye and Acaie, but youre feith that is to God, in ech place is gon forth; so that it is not nede to vs to speke ony thing. 4 For thei schewen of you, what maner entre we hadden to you, and hou ye ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to the lyuynge God and veri; and to abide his sone fro heuenes, 5 whom he reiside fro deth, the Lord Jhesu, that delyuerede us fro wraththe to comynge. 7 For, britheren, ye witen oure entre to you, for it was not veyn; 8 but first we suffriden, and weren punyschid with wrongis, as ye witen in Filippis, and hadden trust in oure Lord, to speke to you the gospel of God in myche bisynesse. 9 And oure exortacioun is not of errour, nether of vnclennesse, nether in gile, 10 but as we ben preued of God, that the gospel of God schulde be takun to vs, so we speken; not as plesynge to men, but to God that preueth oure hertis.
