1 Thessalonians 2:13
Therefore also we give thanks unceasingly to God, that the word of God which ye received from us, ye did not receive as the word of men, but as being truly the word of God, which worketh efficiently in you and in them that believe.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
12and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.
Cross References
Matthew 10:20For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Luke 5:1And it occurred, that a multitude gathered about him, to hear the word of God. And he was standing by the side of the sea of Gennesaret,
Luke 8:21And he answered and said: My mother and my brothers, are they who hear the word of God, and do it.
John 15:3Ye henceforth are clean, on account of the discourse I have held with you.
John 17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by 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 →