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New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2

Paul’s Ministry

1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our 12coming to you 3was not in vain, 2but after we had already suffered and been 4mistreated in 5Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God 6to speak to you the 7gospel of God amid much 89opposition. 3For our 10exhortation does not come from 11error or 12impurity or 13by way of 14deceit; 415but just as we have been approved by God to be 16entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, 17not as pleasing men, but God who 1819examines our hearts. 5For we never came 20with flattering speech, as you know, nor with 21a pretext for greed--22God is witness-- 6nor did we 23seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as 24apostles of Christ 25we might have 26asserted our authority. 7But we 27proved to be 2829gentle 30among you, 31as a nursing mother 32tenderly cares for her own children. 8Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to 33impart to you not only the 34gospel of God but also our own 35lives, because you had become 36very dear to us.

9For you recall, brethren, our 37labor and hardship, how 38working night and day so as not to be a 39burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the 40gospel of God. 10You are witnesses, and so is 41God, 42how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we 43behaved toward you 44believers; 11just as you know how we were 45exhorting and encouraging and 4647imploring each one of you as 48a father would his own children, 12so that you would 49walk in a manner worthy of the God who 50calls you into His own kingdom and 51glory.

13For this reason we also constantly 52thank God that when you received the 53word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it 54not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, 55which also performs its work in you who believe. 14For you, brethren, became 56imitators of 57the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are 58in Judea, for 59you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, 60even as they did from the Jews, 1561who both killed the Lord Jesus and 62the prophets, and 63drove us out. 64They are not pleasing to God, 65but hostile to all men, 1666hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles 67so that they may be saved; with the result that they always 68fill up the measure of their sins. But 69wrath has come upon them 70to the utmost.

17But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a 71short while--72in 73person, not in 74spirit--were all the more eager with great desire 75to see your face. 1876For 77we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, 7879more than once--and yet 80Satan 81hindered us. 19For who is our hope or 82joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His 8384coming? 20For you are 85our glory and joy.

Notes

  1. 1. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Lit entrance ↩
  2. 2. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 1 Thess 1:9 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 2 Thess 1:10 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 14:5; 16:19-24; Phil 1:30 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 16:22-24 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 17:1-9 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Rom 1:1 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Or struggle, conflict ↩
  9. 9. 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Phil 1:30 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Acts 13:15 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Thess 2:11 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 1 Thess 4:7 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 Lit in deceit ↩
  14. 14. 1 Thessalonians 2:3 2 Cor 4:2 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 2:7 ↩
  17. 17. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Gal 1:10 ↩
  18. 18. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves ↩
  19. 19. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Rom 8:27 ↩
  20. 20. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Lit in a word of flattery ↩
  21. 21. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Acts 20:33; 2 Pet 2:3 ↩
  22. 22. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Rom 1:9; 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
  23. 23. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 John 5:41, 44; 2 Cor 4:5 ↩
  24. 24. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 1 Cor 9:1f ↩
  25. 25. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Lit being able to ↩
  26. 26. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Or be burdensome ↩
  27. 27. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or became gentle ↩
  28. 28. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Three early mss read babes ↩
  29. 29. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Tim 2:24 ↩
  30. 30. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Lit in the midst of you ↩
  31. 31. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Gal 4:19; 1 Thess 2:11 ↩
  32. 32. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Or cherishes ↩
  33. 33. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Cor 12:15; 1 John 3:16 ↩
  34. 34. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Rom 1:1 ↩
  35. 35. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Or souls ↩
  36. 36. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Lit beloved ↩
  37. 37. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Phil 4:16; 2 Thess 3:8 ↩
  38. 38. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Acts 18:3 ↩
  39. 39. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Cor 9:4f; 2 Cor 11:9 ↩
  40. 40. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 Rom 1:1 ↩
  41. 41. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
  42. 42. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Cor 1:12; 1 Thess 1:5 ↩
  43. 43. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Lit became ↩
  44. 44. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 Or who believe ↩
  45. 45. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 1 Thess 5:14 ↩
  46. 46. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 Or testifying to ↩
  47. 47. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 Luke 16:28; 1 Thess 4:6 ↩
  48. 48. 1 Thessalonians 2:11 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Thess 2:7 ↩
  49. 49. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Eph 4:1 ↩
  50. 50. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 Rom 8:28; 1 Thess 5:24; 2 Thess 2:14 ↩
  51. 51. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 2 Cor 4:6; 1 Pet 5:10 ↩
  52. 52. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Rom 1:8; 1 Thess 1:2 ↩
  53. 53. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Rom 10:17; Heb 4:2 ↩
  54. 54. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Matt 10:20; Gal 4:14 ↩
  55. 55. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Heb 4:12 ↩
  56. 56. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Thess 1:6 ↩
  57. 57. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Cor 7:17; 10:32 ↩
  58. 58. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Gal 1:22 ↩
  59. 59. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Acts 17:5; 1 Thess 3:4; 2 Thess 1:4f ↩
  60. 60. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Heb 10:33f ↩
  61. 61. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Luke 24:20; Acts 2:23 ↩
  62. 62. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Matt 5:12; Acts 7:52 ↩
  63. 63. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Or persecuted us ↩
  64. 64. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and ↩
  65. 65. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and ↩
  66. 66. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Acts 9:23; 13:45, 50; 14:2, 5, 19; 17:5, 13; 18:12; 21:21f, 27; 25:2, 7 ↩
  67. 67. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
  68. 68. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Gen 15:16; Dan 8:23; Matt 23:32 ↩
  69. 69. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 1 Thess 1:10 ↩
  70. 70. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or forever or altogether; lit to the end ↩
  71. 71. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit occasion of an hour ↩
  72. 72. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 1 Cor 5:3 ↩
  73. 73. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit face ↩
  74. 74. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit heart ↩
  75. 75. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 1 Thess 3:10 ↩
  76. 76. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Or Because ↩
  77. 77. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Rom 15:22 ↩
  78. 78. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Lit both once and twice ↩
  79. 79. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Phil 4:16 ↩
  80. 80. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Matt 4:10 ↩
  81. 81. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Rom 1:13; 15:22 ↩
  82. 82. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Phil 4:1 ↩
  83. 83. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Or presence ↩
  84. 84. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Matt 16:27; Mark 8:38; John 21:22; 1 Thess 3:13; 4:15; 5:23 ↩
  85. 85. 1 Thessalonians 2:20 2 Cor 1:14 ↩

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