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1 Thessalonians 1 Bible in Basic English

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  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
  • NT: Critical text (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
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  • 1965
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1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;
2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,
3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
5 and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
6 And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;
6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
7 So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.
7 so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8 For not only was the word of the Lord sounding out from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God is made clear; so that we have no need to say anything.
8 For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not say anything.
9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead: Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Cross references (10)

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  1. 1 Romans 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; Acts 18:5; Acts 20:4; 2 Corinthians 1:19
  2. 2 Romans 1:8–9; Ephesians 1:15–16; Philemon 4; Colossians 1:3; Philippians 1:3–4
  3. 3 1 Corinthians 13:13; Revelation 2:19; Galatians 5:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; Romans 8:24–25
  4. 4 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:4–5; 2 Peter 1:10; Romans 9:25; Colossians 3:12
  5. 5 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9; Mark 16:20; 1 Corinthians 2:2–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14
  6. 6 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 4:16; Acts 13:52; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; Galatians 5:22
  7. 7 Titus 2:7; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 11:9–10
  8. 8 Romans 1:8; Romans 10:14–18; Isaiah 52:7; Revelation 14:6; 3 John 12
  9. 9 1 Timothy 4:10; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Galatians 4:8–9; Zephaniah 2:11; Zechariah 8:20–23
  10. 10 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Isaiah 25:8–9; Romans 5:9–10; Matthew 3:7; Acts 2:24

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 1:1 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Thessalonians (Homily I)

    Wherefore then, when writing to the Ephesians, and having Timothy with him, did he not include him with himself (in his salutation), known as he was to them and admired, for he says, "Ye know the proof of him, that as a child serveth the father, so he served with me in the Gospel" (Philip. ii.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)