Thanksgiving for These Believers1 aPaul° and bSilvanus° and cTimothy°, ¶ To the dchurch° of the Thessalonians° in God° the Father° and the Lord° Jesus° Christ°: eGrace° to you and peace°. 2 ¶ aWe give° thanks° to God° always° for all° of you, bmaking° mention° [of you] in our prayers°; 3 constantly° bearing° in mind° your awork° of faith° and labor° of blove° and Icsteadfastness° of hope° IIin our Lord° Jesus° Christ° in the presence° of dour God° and Father°, 4 knowing°, abrethren° beloved° by God°, b[His] choice° of you; 5 for our agospel° did not come° to you in word° only°, but also° bin power° and in the Holy° Spirit° and with cfull° conviction°; just° as you know° dwhat° kind° of men° we Iproved° to be among° you for your sake°. 6 You also° became° aimitators° of us and of the Lord°, bhaving received° cthe word° in much° tribulation° with the djoy° of the Holy° Spirit°, 7 so° that you became° an example° to all° the believers° in aMacedonia° and in bAchaia°. 8 For athe word° of the Lord° has bsounded° forth° from you, not only° in cMacedonia° and dAchaia°, but also ein every° place° your faith° toward° God° has gone° forth°, so° that we have° no° need° to say° anything°. 9 For they themselves° report° about° us what° kind° of a Iareception° we had° IIwith you, and how° you bturned° to God° cfrom IIIidols° to serve° IVda living° and true° God°, 10 and to await° for His Son° from Iheaven°, whom° He braised° from the dead°, [that is] Jesus°, who crescues° us from dthe wrath° to come°. [2] aRo 1:8; 2Th 1:3 bRo 1:9
[3] IOr perseverance IILit of aJn 6:29 b1Co 13:13 cRo 8:25; 15:4 dGa 1:4 [4] aRo 1:7; 2Th 2:13 b2P 1:10 [5] IOr became a1Co 9:14 bRo 15:19 cLk 1:1; Col 2:2 d1Th 2:10 [6] a1Co 4:16; 11:1f bAc 17:5-10 c2Ti 4:2 dAc 13:52; 2Co 6:10; Ga 5:22 [7] aRo 15:26 bAc 18:12 [8] aCol 3:16; 2Th 3:1 bRo 10:18 cRo 15:26 dAc 18:12 eRo 1:8; 16:19; 2Co 2:14 [9] ILit entrance IILit to IIIOr the idols IVOr the a1Th 2:1 bAc 14:15 c1Co 12:2 dMt 16:16 [10] ILit the heavens aMt 16:27f; 1Co 1:7 bAc 2:24 cRo 5:9 dMt 3:7; 1Th 2:16; 5:9 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
The Thessalonians are given to understand both how mindful of them Paul was at all times in thanksgiving, and prayer:1 ¶ Paul,º andº Silvanus,º andº Timotheus,º unto the² churchº of the Thessaloniansº [which is] inº Godº the Fatherº andº [in] the Lordº Jesusº Christ:º Graceº [be] unto you,º andº peace,º fromº Godº ourº Father,º andº the Lordº Jesusº Christ.º 2 We give thanksºª to Godº alwaysº forº youº all,º makingºª mentionº of youº inº ourº prayers;º 3 Rememberingºª without ceasingº yourº workº of faith,º andº labourº of love,º andº patienceº of hopeº in ourº Lordº Jesusº Christ,º in the sightº of Godº andº ourº Father;º 4 Knowing,ºª brethrenº beloved,ºª yourº electionº ofº God.º [1] Ac 15:27, 32, 34, 40; 16:1, 19, 25, 29; 17:1, 4, 11, 13, 14, 15; 18:5; 19:22; 20:4; Ro 1:7; 1Co 1:2; 2Co 1:1, 19; Ga 1:2, 22; Ep 1:2; Php 1:1; Col 1:1; 2Th 1:1; 1Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:2; He 13:23; 1P 5:12; 1Jn 1:3; Jde 1:1.
[2] Ro 1:8; 6:17; 1Co 1:4; Ep 1:15; Php 1:3; Col 1:3; Phm 1:4. [3] Gn 29:20; Ec 2:26; So 8:7; Jn 6:27; 14:15, 21; 15:10; 21:15; Ac 3:19; 10:31; Ro 2:7; 5:3; 8:24; 12:12; 15:13; 16:6, 26; 1Co 13:4, 13; 15:58; 2Co 2:17; 5:14; 8:7; Ga 5:6, 13; 6:9; 1Th 2:13; 3:6; 2Th 1:3, 11; 1Ti 2:3; 2Ti 1:3; Phm 1:5; He 4:11; 6:10, 15; 10:36; 11:7, 17, 24; 13:21; Jm 1:3; 2:17; 5:7; 1P 3:4; 1Jn 3:3, 18, 21; 5:3; Rv 2:2, 19; 3:10. [4] Ro 1:7; 8:28; 9:25; 11:5; Ep 1:4; 2:4; Php 1:6; Col 3:12; 1Th 1:3; 2Th 2:13; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 3:4; 1P 1:2; 2P 1:10. and also how well he was persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith, and conversion to God.5 Forº ourº gospelº cameºª notº untoº youº inº wordº only,º butº alsoº inº power,º andº inº the Holyº Ghost,º andº inº muchº assurance;º asº ye knowºª what manner of menº we wereºª amongº youº for¹ your¹ sake.²² 6 Andº yeº becameºª followersº of us,º andº of the² Lord,º having receivedºª the² wordº inº muchº affliction,º withº joyº of the Holyº Ghost:º 7 So¹ that² yeº wereºª ensamplesº to allº that believeºª inº Macedoniaº andº Achaia.º 8 Forº fromº youº sounded outºª the² wordº of the² Lordº notº onlyº inº Macedoniaº andº Achaia,º butº alsoº inº everyº placeº yourº faithº toº God-wardº is spread abroad;ºª so¹ that² weº needº² notº¹ª to speakºª any thing.º 9 Forº they¹ª² themselves¹ shewºª ofº usº what mannerº of entering inº we hadºªªª untoº you,º andº howº ye turnedºª toº Godº fromº idolsº to serveºª the livingºª andº trueº God;º 10 Andº to wait forºª hisº Sonº fromº heaven,º whomº he raisedºª fromº the dead,º [even] Jesus,º which¹ deliveredºª usº fromº the² wrathº to come.ºª [5] Ps 10:2; Is 55:11; Mk 16:20; Jn 16:7; Ac 2:33; 10:44; 11:15, 21; 16:14; 20:18, 33; Ro 1:16; 2:16; 15:18; 1Co 1:24; 2:2, 4; 3:6, 16; 4:9, 20; 9:19; 10:33; 12:7; 2Co 3:6; 4:1, 3; 6:3, 6; 10:4; Ga 1:8; 2:2; 3:2; 5:5, 22; Ep 1:17; 2:4, 10; 3:20; Php 2:13; 4:9; Col 2:2; 1Th 2:1, 13; 2Th 2:14; 3:7; 1Ti 4:12; 2Ti 2:8, 10; Tit 3:5; He 2:3, 4; 6:11, 18; 10:22; Jm 1:16; 1P 1:3, 12; 5:3; 2P 1:10, 19.
[6] Ho 2:14; Mt 16:24; Mk 10:29; Jn 8:12; 13:13; 14:16; Ac 5:41; 9:31; 13:52; 17:5; Ro 5:3; 8:16; 15:13; 1Co 4:16; 11:1; 2Co 8:1, 5; Ga 5:22; Ep 5:1; Php 3:17; 1Th 2:13, 14; 3:2; 2Th 1:4; 3:9; He 10:34; 1P 1:6, 8; 3:13; 3Jn 1:11. [7] Ac 1:13; 16:12; 18:1; 2Co 1:1; 9:2; 11:9; 1Th 1:8; 4:10; 1Ti 4:12; Tit 2:7; 1P 5:3. [8] Ex 18:9; Is 2:3; 52:7; 66:19; Ro 1:8; 10:14; 1Co 14:36; 2Co 3:4; 2Th 1:4; 3:1; 3Jn 1:12; Rv 14:6; 22:17. [9] Dt 5:26; 1S 17:26, 36; Ps 42:2; 84:2; Is 2:17; 37:4, 17; Jr 10:10; 16:19; Dn 6:26; Ho 1:10; Zp 2:11; Zc 8:20; Mal 1:11; Ac 14:15; 26:17; Ro 9:26; 1Co 12:2; 2Co 6:16; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:5; 2:1, 13; 1Ti 4:10; He 12:22; Rv 17:2. [10] Gn 49:18; Jb 19:25; Is 25:8; Mt 1:21; 3:7; Lk 2:25; 3:7; Ac 1:11; 2:24; 3:15, 21; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 17:31; Ro 1:4; 2:7; 4:25; 5:9; 8:23, 34; 1Co 1:7; 15:4; Ga 3:13; Php 3:20; Col 1:18; 1Th 1:7; 2:7; 4:16; 5:9; 2Ti 4:1; Tit 2:13; He 9:28; 10:27; 1P 1:3, 21; 2:21; 3:18; 2P 3:12, 14; Rv 1:7, 18. ©2011 by First Gospel Publications, Zion, Ill. All rights reserved. For downloads and more information please visit www.FirstGospel.com. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Chaldee and Greek Dictionaries Featuring the qBible.com Living Strong's Lexical Map ©2003 by The WWW Chat Bible Compages. All rights reserved. For how to use color-coding please view [www.ChatBible.com/key.html]. |
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