BLB 1Th 2

From the Blue Letter Bible

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1Th 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thank		1Th 1:2,3; Rom 1:8,9
because		Jer 44:16; Mat 10:13,14,40; Act 2:41; Act 10:33; Act 13:45,48; Act 16:14,30-34; Act 17:11,18-20,32; Gal 4:14; 2Pe 3:2
the word of God		Jer 23:28,29; Luk 5:1; Luk 8:11,21; Luk 11:28; Act 8:14; Act 13:44,46; Rom 10:17; Hbr 4:12; 1Pe 1:25; 2Pe 1:16-21
effectually		1Th 1:5-10; Jhn 15:3; Jhn 17:17,19; Rom 6:17,18; 2Cr 3:18; Col 1:6; Hbr 4:12; Jam 1:18; 1Pe 1:23; 1Pe 2:2; 1Jo 3:3; 1Jo 5:4,5

Correlating Passages

thank

	1Th 1:2	We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
	1Th 1:3	Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
	Rom 1:8	First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
	Rom 1:9	For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

because

	Jer 44:16	[As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
	Mat 10:13	And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
	Mat 10:14	And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
	Mat 10:40	He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
	Act 2:41	Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.
	Act 10:33	Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
	Act 13:45	But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
	Act 13:48	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
	Act 16:14	And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
	Act 16:30	And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
	Act 16:31	And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
	Act 16:32	And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
	Act 16:33	And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
	Act 16:34	And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
	Act 17:11	These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
	Act 17:18	Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
	Act 17:19	And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, [is]?
	Act 17:20	For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
	Act 17:32	And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this [matter].
	Gal 4:14	And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.
	2Pe 3:2	That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

the word of God

	Jer 23:28	The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
	Jer 23:29	[Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?
	Luk 5:1	And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
	Luk 8:11	Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
	Luk 8:21	And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
	Luk 11:28	But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
	Act 8:14	Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
	Act 13:44	And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
	Act 13:46	Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
	Rom 10:17	So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
	Hbr 4:12	For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
	1Pe 1:25	But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
	2Pe 1:16	For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
	2Pe 1:17	For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
	2Pe 1:18	And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
	2Pe 1:19	We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
	2Pe 1:20	Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
	2Pe 1:21	For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

effectually

	1Th 1:5	For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
	1Th 1:6	And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
	1Th 1:7	So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
	1Th 1:8	For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
	1Th 1:9	For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
	1Th 1:10	And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
	Jhn 15:3	Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
	Jhn 17:17	Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
	Jhn 17:19	And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
	Rom 6:17	But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
	Rom 6:18	Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
	2Cr 3:18	But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
	Col 1:6	Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth: