1 Thessalonians 2:13

And because of this we also continually give thanks to God, that, having received the word of God [by] your hearing from us, you accepted, not the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, who also works in you who believe;

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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

12for your walking worthily of God, who is calling you to His own kingdom and glory.

14for you became imitators, brothers, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you suffered such things, even you, from your own countrymen, as they also from the Jews,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16“The word that you have spoken to us in the Name of YHWH—we are not listening to you;

Matthew 10:20for you are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

Luke 5:1And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on Him to hear the word of God, that He was standing beside the Lake of Gennesaret,

Luke 8:21and He answering said to them, “My mother and My brothers! They are those who are hearing the word of God, and doing.”

John 15:3you are already clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;

John 17:19and I sanctify Myself for them, that they also may be sanctified in truth themselves.

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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