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1 Thessalonians 2:13
13This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
- New International Version (NIV)And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:13
11As you know, like a father with his own children, 12we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe. 14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jews 15who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 21 Thessalonians 2:13 word by word
Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ ἀδιαλείπτως ὅτι παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρ᾽ ἡμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδέξασθε οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων ἀλλὰ καθώς ἐστιν ἀληθῶς λόγον θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐνεργεῖται ἐν ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- thankεὐχαριστέωeucharisteō · to thankG2168
- weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- without ceasingἀδιαλείπτωςadialeiptōs · unceasinglyG89
- becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- when ye receivedπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- which ye heardἀκοήakoē · hearingG189
- ofπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- ye receivedδέχομαιdechomai · to receiveG1209
- notοὐou · noG3756
- of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
- it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- in truthἀληθῶςalēthōs · trulyG230
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- effectually workethἐνεργέωenergeō · be activeG1754
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- youσύsu · youG4771
- believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:13
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2We always thank God for all of you, making mention of you constantly in our prayers.
- Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you!
- Matthew 10:13and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it; but if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.
- Acts 2:41So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.
- Acts 10:33So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting him.
- Acts 16:14A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
- Acts 17:11The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
- Galatians 4:14You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.
- 2 Peter 3:2so that you recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.
- Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has my word should speak my word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?” — this is the Lord’s declaration.
- Luke 5:1As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.
- Luke 8:11“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 11:28He said, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”
- Acts 8:14When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Ye received the word of God - Ye received the doctrine of God, not as any thing fabricated by man, but as coming immediately from God himself, we being only his messengers to declare what he had previously revealed to us. And ye have had the fullest proof that ye have not believed in vain; for that doctrine, under the power and influence of the Holy Ghost, has worked most powerfully in you, filling you with light, life, and holiness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For this cause also thank we God - In addition to the reasons for thankfulness already suggested, the apostle here refers to the fact that they received the truth, when it was preached, in such a way as to show that they fully believed it to be the word of God. Not as the word of men - Not of human origin, but as a divine revelation. You were not led to embrace it by human reasoning, or the mere arts of persuasion, or from personal respect for others, but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works, and in patience under sufferings, and in trials for the sake of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Paul thanks the Thessalonians again (see 1:2; 3:9). This was because they accepted the apostles' message as more than human ideas. They understood it was the word of God (1:5; 2 Thes 2:14; 2 Cor 5:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. For this cause--Seeing ye have had such teachers (1Th 2:10-12) [Bengel], "we also (as well as 'all that believe' in Macedonia and Achaia) thank God without ceasing ('always' ... 'in our prayers,' 1Th 1:2), that when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us (literally, 'God's word of hearing from us,' Ro 10:16, 17), ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, even as it is truly, the word of God." Alford omits the "as" of English Version. But…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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