³⁸ But if I am doing them and you don’t believe me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand^[a] that the Father is in me and I in the Father.’^(A)

³ For you died,^(A) and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Greeting

1 Paul, Silvanus,^[a](A) and Timothy:^(B)

To the church of the Thessalonians^(C) in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace.^[b]

¹⁵ Whoever confesses^(A) that Jesus is the Son of God – God remains in him and he in God. ¹⁶ And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.