New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2:14-20

14For you, brethren, became 1imitators of 2the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are 3in Judea, for 4you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, 5even as they did from the Jews, 15 6who both killed the Lord Jesus and 7the prophets, and 8drove us out. 9They are not pleasing to God, 10but hostile to all men, 16 11hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles 12so that they may be saved; with the result that they always 13fill up the measure of their sins. But 14wrath has come upon them 15to the utmost.

17But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a 16short while--17in 18person, not in 19spirit--were all the more eager with great desire 20to see your face. 18 21For 22we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, 23 24more than once--and yet 25Satan 26hindered us. 19For who is our hope or 27joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His 28 29coming? 20For you are 30our glory and joy.

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Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Thess 1:6 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 1 Cor 7:17; 10:32 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Gal 1:22 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Acts 17:5; 1 Thess 3:4; 2 Thess 1:4f ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 2:14 Heb 10:33f ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Luke 24:20; Acts 2:23 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Matt 5:12; Acts 7:52 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Or persecuted us ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Lit and ↩
11. 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 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 1 Cor 10:33 ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Gen 15:16; Dan 8:23; Matt 23:32 ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 1 Thess 1:10 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or forever or altogether; lit to the end ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit occasion of an hour ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 1 Cor 5:3 ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit face ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 Lit heart ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 1 Thess 3:10 ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Or Because ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Rom 15:22 ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Lit both once and twice ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Phil 4:16 ↩
25. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Matt 4:10 ↩
26. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Rom 1:13; 15:22 ↩
27. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Phil 4:1 ↩
28. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Or presence ↩
29. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 Matt 16:27; Mark 8:38; John 21:22; 1 Thess 3:13; 4:15; 5:23 ↩
30. 1 Thessalonians 2:20 2 Cor 1:14 ↩

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