1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12That ye would walke worthy of God, who hath called you vnto his kingdome and glorie.
Cross References
Jeremiah 44:16The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lord, wee will not heare it of thee,
Matthew 10:20For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.
Luke 5:1Then it came to passe, as the people preassed vpon him to heare the word of God, that he stoode by the lake of Gennesaret,
Luke 8:21But he answered, and sayd vnto them, My mother and my brethren are these which heare the worde of God, and doe it.
John 15:3Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
John 17:19And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe, that they also may bee sanctified through 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 →