1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
1 Thessalonians 2:1-16 (Good News Translation)
1 "Our friends, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a
failure. 2 You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in
Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there
was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News
that comes from him. 3 Our appeal to you is not based on error or
impure motives, nor do we try to trick anyone. 4 Instead, we always
speak as God wants us to, because he has judged us worthy to be
entrusted with the Good News. We do not try to please people, but to
please God, who tests our motives. 5 You know very well that we did
not come to you with flattering talk, nor did we use words to cover up
greed—God is our witness! 6 We did not try to get praise from anyone,
either from you or from others, 7 even though as apostles of Christ we
could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with
you, like a mother taking care of her children. 8 Because of our love
for you we were ready to share with you not only the Good News from
God but even our own lives. You were so dear to us! 9 Surely you
remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and
night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you
the Good News from God. 10 You are our witnesses, and so is God, that
our conduct toward you who believe was pure, right, and without fault.
11 You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat
their own children. 12 We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we
kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls
you to share in his own Kingdom and glory. 13 And there is another
reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's
message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human
beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in
you who believe. 14 Our friends, the same things happened to you that
happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who
belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your
own people that they suffered from the Jews, 15 who killed the Lord
Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to
God! How hostile they are to everyone! 16 They even tried to stop us
from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them
salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins
they have always committed. And now God's anger has at last come down
on them!"
God bless you.
1 "Our friends, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a
failure. 2 You know how we had already been mistreated and insulted in
Philippi before we came to you in Thessalonica. And even though there
was much opposition, our God gave us courage to tell you the Good News
that comes from him. 3 Our appeal to you is not based on error or
impure motives, nor do we try to trick anyone. 4 Instead, we always
speak as God wants us to, because he has judged us worthy to be
entrusted with the Good News. We do not try to please people, but to
please God, who tests our motives. 5 You know very well that we did
not come to you with flattering talk, nor did we use words to cover up
greed—God is our witness! 6 We did not try to get praise from anyone,
either from you or from others, 7 even though as apostles of Christ we
could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with
you, like a mother taking care of her children. 8 Because of our love
for you we were ready to share with you not only the Good News from
God but even our own lives. You were so dear to us! 9 Surely you
remember, our friends, how we worked and toiled! We worked day and
night so that we would not be any trouble to you as we preached to you
the Good News from God. 10 You are our witnesses, and so is God, that
our conduct toward you who believe was pure, right, and without fault.
11 You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat
their own children. 12 We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we
kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls
you to share in his own Kingdom and glory. 13 And there is another
reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's
message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human
beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in
you who believe. 14 Our friends, the same things happened to you that
happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who
belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your
own people that they suffered from the Jews, 15 who killed the Lord
Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to
God! How hostile they are to everyone! 16 They even tried to stop us
from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them
salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins
they have always committed. And now God's anger has at last come down
on them!"
God bless you.
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