1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
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In Context
12to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.
Cross References
Jeremiah 44:16As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee.
Matthew 10:20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
Luke 5:1Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
Luke 8:21But he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God, and do it.
John 15:3Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves 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 →