1 Thessalonians Chapter 1

New American Standard Bible 1995

Thanksgiving for These Believers

1 1PaulG3972 and 2SilvanusG4610 and 3TimothyG5095,

To the 4churchG1577 of the ThessaloniansG2331 in GodG2316 the FatherG3962 and the LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547: 5GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515.

2 6We giveG2168 thanksG2168 to GodG2316 alwaysG3842 for allG3956 of you, 7makingG4160 mentionG3417 of you in our prayersG4335; 3constantlyG89 bearingG3421 in mindG3421 your 8workG2041 of faithG4102 and laborG2873 of 9loveG26 and 10 11steadfastnessG5281 of hopeG1680 12in our LordG2962 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 in the presenceG1715 of 13our GodG2316 and FatherG3962, 4knowingG3609, 14brethrenG80 belovedG25 by GodG2316, 15His choiceG1589 of you; 5for our 16gospelG2098 did not comeG1096 to you in wordG3056 onlyG3440, but alsoG2532 17in powerG1411 and in the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 and with 18fullG4183 convictionG4136; justG2531 as you knowG3609 19whatG3634 kindG3634 of menG3634 we 20provedG1096 to be amongG1722 you for your sakeG1223. 6You alsoG2532 becameG1096 21imitatorsG3402 of us and of the LordG2962, 22having receivedG1209 23the wordG3056 in muchG4183 tribulationG2347 with the 24joyG5479 of the HolyG40 SpiritG4151, 7soG5620 that you becameG1096 an exampleG5179 to allG3956 the believersG4100 in 25MacedoniaG3109 and in 26AchaiaG882. 8For 27the wordG3056 of the LordG2962 has 28soundedG1837 forthG1837 from you, not onlyG3440 in 29MacedoniaG3109 and 30AchaiaG882, but also 31in everyG3956 placeG5117 your faithG4102 towardG4314 GodG2316 has goneG1831 forthG1831, soG5620 that we haveG2192 noG3361 needG5532 to sayG2980 anythingG5100. 9For they themselvesG846 reportG518 aboutG4012 us whatG3697 kindG3697 of a 32 33receptionG1529 we hadG2192 34with you, and howG4459 you 35turnedG1994 to GodG2316 36from 37idolsG1497 to serveG1398 38 39a livingG2198 and trueG228 GodG2316, 10and to 40waitG362 for His SonG5207 from 41heavenG3772, whomG3739 He 42raisedG1453 from the deadG3498, that is JesusG2424, who 43rescuesG4506 us from 44the wrathG3709 to comeG2064.

Notes

1. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 2 Thess 1:1 ↩
2. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 2 Cor 1:19 ↩
3. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Acts 16:1 ↩
4. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Acts 17:1 ↩
5. 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Rom 1:7 ↩
6. 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Rom 1:8; 2 Thess 1:3 ↩
7. 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Rom 1:9 ↩
8. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 John 6:29 ↩
9. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Cor 13:13 ↩
10. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Or perseverance ↩
11. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Rom 8:25; 15:4 ↩
12. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Lit of ↩
13. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Gal 1:4 ↩
14. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 Rom 1:7; 2 Thess 2:13 ↩
15. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 2 Pet 1:10 ↩
16. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 1 Cor 9:14 ↩
17. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Rom 15:19 ↩
18. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Luke 1:1; Col 2:2 ↩
19. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 1 Thess 2:10 ↩
20. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Or became ↩
21. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1f ↩
22. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Acts 17:5-10 ↩
23. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 2 Tim 4:2 ↩
24. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Acts 13:52; 2 Cor 6:10; Gal 5:22 ↩
25. 1 Thessalonians 1:7 Rom 15:26 ↩
26. 1 Thessalonians 1:7 Acts 18:12 ↩
27. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Col 3:16; 2 Thess 3:1 ↩
28. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Rom 10:18 ↩
29. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Rom 15:26 ↩
30. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Acts 18:12 ↩
31. 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Rom 1:8; 16:19; 2 Cor 2:14 ↩
32. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Lit entrance ↩
33. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 1 Thess 2:1 ↩
34. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Lit to ↩
35. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Acts 14:15 ↩
36. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 1 Cor 12:2 ↩
37. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Or the idols ↩
38. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Or the ↩
39. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Matt 16:16 ↩
40. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Matt 16:27f; 1 Cor 1:7 ↩
41. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Lit the heavens ↩
42. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Acts 2:24 ↩
43. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Rom 5:9 ↩
44. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Matt 3:7; 1 Thess 2:16; 5:9 ↩

Thanksgiving for These Believers

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