1. Ὁ Παῦλος, ὁ Σιλουανὸς καὶ ὁ Τιμόθεος, πρὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τῶν Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν Θεῷ Πατρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ·
2. χάρις νὰ εἶναι σ᾽ ἐσᾶς καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν Πατέρα μας καὶ τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
3. Πρέπει νὰ εὐχαριστοῦμεν τὸν Θεὸν πάντοτε γιὰ σᾶς, ἀδελφοί, ὅπως ἁρμόζει, διότι αὐξάνει πολὺ ἡ πίστις σας καὶ πλεονάζει ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ καθενὸς πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους μεταξὺ ὅλων σας,