1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause thanke we god with out ceasynge because that when ye receaved of vs the worde wherwith God was preached ye receaved it not as the worde of man: but even as it was in dede the worde of God which worketh in you that beleve.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
12that ye wolde walke worthy of God which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.
Cross References
Matthew 10:20For it is not ye that speke but the sprite of your father which speaketh in you.
Luke 5:1It came to passe as the people preased vpon him to heare the worde of God that he stoode by the lake of Genezareth:
Luke 8:21He answered and sayd vnto them: my mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God and do it.
John 15:3Now are ye cleane thorow the wordes which I have spoke vnto you.
John 17:19and for their sakes sanctify I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth.
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 →