1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this also we thank God continually, that when ye received the word of God, which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which also worketh effectually in you that believe.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12and charged you, that ye should walk worthy of God, who hath called you to his kingdom and glory.
Cross References
Matthew 10:20but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh by you.
Luke 5:1And when the people were pressing on Him to hear the word of God, as He stood by the lake of Gennesareth, seeing two vessels at the edge of the lake,
Luke 8:21And He answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God and do it.
John 15:3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 17:19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may 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 →