New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Thessalonians 2:6-20

6norG3777 did we 1seekG2212 gloryG1391 from menG444, eitherG3777 from you orG3777 from othersG243, even though as 2apostlesG652 of ChristG5547 3we might have 4assertedG1510 G922 our authorityG922. 7But we 5provedG1096 to be 6 7gentleG2261 8amongG1722 G3319 you, 9as a nursingG5162 mother 10tenderlyG2282 caresG2282 for her ownG1438 childrenG5043. 8HavingG3655 soG3779 fondG3655 an affectionG3655 for you, we were well-pleasedG2106 to 11impartG3330 to you not onlyG3440 the 12gospelG2098 of GodG2316 but alsoG2532 our ownG1438 13livesG5590, becauseG1360 you had becomeG1096 14veryG27 dearG27 to us.

9For you recallG3421, brethrenG80, our 15laborG2873 and hardshipG3449, how 16workingG2038 nightG3571 and dayG2250 soG4314 as not to be a 17burdenG1912 to anyG5100 of you, we proclaimedG2784 to you the 18gospelG2098 of GodG2316. 10You are witnessesG3144, and so is 19GodG2316, 20howG5613 devoutlyG3743 and uprightlyG1346 and blamelesslyG274 we 21behavedG1096 toward you 22believersG4100; 11justG2509 as you knowG3609 howG5613 we were 23exhortingG3870 and encouragingG3888 and 24 25imploringG3143 eachG1538 oneG1520 of you as 26a fatherG3962 would his ownG1438 childrenG5043, 12soG1519 that you would 27walkG4043 in a mannerG516 worthyG516 of the GodG2316 who 28callsG2564 you into His ownG1438 kingdomG932 and 29gloryG1391.

13For thisG3778 reasonG1223 we alsoG2532 constantlyG89 30thankG2168 GodG2316 that when you receivedG3880 the 31wordG3056 of GodG2316 whichG3739 you heardG191 from us, you acceptedG1209 it 32not as the wordG3056 of menG444, but for whatG2531 it reallyG230 is, the wordG3056 of GodG2316, 33whichG3739 alsoG2532 performsG1754 its workG1754 in you who believeG4100. 14For you, brethrenG80, becameG1096 34imitatorsG3402 of 35the churchesG1577 of GodG2316 in ChristG5547 JesusG2424 that are 36in JudeaG2453, for 37you alsoG2532 enduredG3958 the sameG846 sufferingsG3958 at the handsG5259 of your ownG2398 countrymenG4853, 38evenG2531 as they did from the JewsG2453, 15 39who bothG2532 killedG615 the LordG2962 JesusG2424 and 40the prophetsG4396, and 41droveG1559 us out. 42They are not pleasingG700 to GodG2316, 43but hostileG1727 to allG3956 menG444, 16 44hinderingG2967 us from speakingG2980 to the GentilesG1484 45soG2443 that they may be savedG4982; with the result that they alwaysG3842 46fillG378 up the measureG378 of their sinsG266. But 47wrathG3709 has comeG5348 upon them 48to the utmostG5056.

17But we, brethrenG80, having been takenG642 awayG642 from you for a 49shortG2540 G5610 whileG5610--50in 51personG4383, not in 52spiritG2588--were allG4053 the moreG4053 eagerG4704 with greatG4183 desireG1939 53to seeG3708 your faceG4383. 18 54For 55we wantedG2309 to comeG2064 to you--I, PaulG3972, 56 57moreG2532 G1364 thanG2532 onceG530--and yet 58SatanG4567 59hinderedG1465 us. 19For whoG5101 is our hopeG1680 orG2228 60joyG5479 orG2228 crownG4735 of exultationG2746? Is it not evenG2532 you, in the presenceG1715 of our LordG2962 JesusG2424 at His 61 62comingG3952? 20For you are 63our gloryG1391 and joyG5479.

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Notes

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

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