1 Thessalonians 1
Paul thanks God for the Thessalonians' faith, love, and hope. They received the gospel with power, joy, and the Holy Spirit despite persecution, becoming a model for believers throughout Macedonia and Achaia. They turned from idols to serve the living God and wait for His Son from heaven.
1 ThessaloniansChapter 1 of 510 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: JesusAchaiaMacedonia
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Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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1 Thessalonians 1:31 Corinthians 13:13
“And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Thessalonians 1:3Revelation 2:19
“I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.”
1 Thessalonians 1:42 Thessalonians 2:13
“But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.”
“In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,”
1 Thessalonians 1:101 Thessalonians 5:9
“For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
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