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1 Thessalonians 2 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Paul’s Ministry

(cf. Act 17:1–9 )

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For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:2 - but after we had already suffered and been outrageously treated in Philippi, as you know, yet in [the strength of] our God we summoned the courage to proclaim boldly to you the good news of God [regarding salvation] amid great opposition.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:3 - For our appeal does not come from delusion or impure motives, nor [is it motivated] by deceit [our message is complete, accurate, and based on the truth—it does not change].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:4 - But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel [that tells the good news of salvation through faith in Christ], so we speak, not as [if we were trying] to please people [to gain power and popularity], but to please God who examines our hearts [expecting our best].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For as you well know, we never came with words of flattery nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:6 - nor did we seek glory and honor from people, neither from you nor from anyone else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power to assert our authority.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:7 - But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother tenderly caring for her own children.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:8 - Having such a deep affection for you, we [fn]were delighted to share with you not only God’s good news but also our own lives, because you had become so very dear to us.

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For you remember, [fn]believers, our labor and hardship. We worked night and day [practicing our trade] in order not to be a [financial] burden to any of you while we proclaimed the gospel of God to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:10 - You are witnesses, and so is God, how unworldly and just and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe [in our Lord Jesus Christ].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:11 - For you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you just as a father does [in dealing with] his own children, [guiding you]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:12 - to live lives [of honor, moral courage, and personal integrity] worthy of the God who [saves you and] calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

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And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:14 - For you, [fn]brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same [kind of] persecution from your own countrymen, as they did from the Jews,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:15 - who [fn]killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:16 - forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles (non-Jews) so that they may be saved. So, as always, they fill up [to the brim] the measure of their sins [allotted to them by God]. But [God’s] wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever].

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But since we were taken away from you, believers, for a little while—in person, but not in heart—we endeavored, with great longing to see you face to face.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:18 - For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again [wanted to come], but Satan hindered us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:19 - For who is [the object of] our hope or joy or our victor’s wreath of triumphant celebration [when we stand] in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:20 - For you are [indeed] our glory and our joy!
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Or resolved to.
Lit brethren.
Lit brethren.
Jesus Christ willingly gave up His life for our salvation by allowing Himself to be tortured and killed.
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