1 Thessalonians · 10 verses
1 Thessalonians 1
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The Thessalonians welcome the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit while suffering greatly; gladness and pain sit side by side, with neither giving the other an explanation.
A greeting with a sturdy middlevv. 1–5
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy address the Thessalonian church with grace, peace, and an astonishingly full remembrance: faith is working, love is labouring, and hope is enduring. The gospel arrived not merely as words but with power, the Holy Spirit, and great conviction, while its messengers lived among them for their sake.
Joy under pressure, faith on tourvv. 6–10
The Thessalonians imitate Paul, Silvanus, and the Lord by receiving the message joyfully in the midst of great suffering. Their example and the sound of the Lord's message travel through Macedonia and Achaia, until there is scarcely anything left to report. The welcome becomes a turning: from idols to the living and true God, and onward to the awaited Son from heaven, Jesus, raised from the dead and named as deliverer from the coming wrath.
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1 Thess 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
1 Thess 1:2We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
1 Thess 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 1:4Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
1 Thess 1:5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thess 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
1 Thess 1:7As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
1 Thess 1:8For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
1 Thess 1:9For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
1 Thess 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 280 passages were voted onto 10 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 101 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 31 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- 3Revelation 2:19I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.
- 42 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
- 7Titus 2:7In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- 10Isaiah 25:8–9He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- 3Galatians 5:6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.
- 61 Corinthians 11:1You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
- 1Romans 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2Romans 1:8–9First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
- 10Romans 5:9–10Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- 52 Thessalonians 3:7–9For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- 6Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- 61 Corinthians 4:16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
- 91 Timothy 4:10To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
- 10Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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