1 Thessalonians 2:13

And on account of this we also give thanks to God incessantly, because, receiving the word of God from us by hearing, you received it not as the word of men, but, as it truly is, the word of God, who indeed works in you who believe.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

12and testifying, that you walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;

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Cross References

Matthew 10:20For you are not those speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking in you.

Luke 5:1And it came to pass, while the multitude is pressing on Him to hear the word of God, and He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

Luke 8:21And He responding said to them, My mother and my brothers are the ones hearing the word of God, and doing it.

John 15:3So ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

John 17:19and I sanctify myself in their behalf, in order that they may also be sanctified through the 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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