1 Thessalonians 2:13

Therefore, we also give thanks to God without ceasing: because, that when you had received of us the word of the hearing of God, you received it not as the word of men, but (as it is indeed) the word of God, who worketh in you that have believed.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12We testified to every one of you, that you would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

14For you, brethren, are become followers of the churches of God which are in Judea, in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own coutrymen, even as they have from the Jews,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

Matthew 10:20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

Luke 5:1And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth,

Luke 8:21Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they who hear the word of God, and do it.

John 15:3dummy verses inserted by amos

John 17:19And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:8-13

The Primitive Ministers. ( a. d. 51.) 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and… Read the whole commentary →

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