1 Thessalonians 2
Treated in 26 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 2:13 And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe. 8
- 2:7 But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children: 4
- 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even ye, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? 3
- 2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe: 2
- 2:11 as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying, 2
- 2:2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict. 1
- 2:5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness; 1
- 2:6 nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ. 1
- 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. 1
- 2:16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 1
- 2:18 because we would fain have come unto you, I Paul once and again; and Satan hindered us. 1
- 2:20 For ye are our glory and our joy. 1
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Where it is preached
- Holy in Christ ·
Holiness and Blamelessness cites 1 Thess. ii. 10
…liness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.’—1 Thess. ii. 10, iii. 12, 13. ‘He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be h…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8
…over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.” Chapter 3 — George Herbert 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8 — “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you. Because we loved…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Thess. 2:2
…Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily." 1 Thess. 2:2, "We were bold in our God, to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention." Ver…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 5
…s sin can dress itself in the attire of virtue. It is called the ‘cloak of covetousness.’ 1 Thess 2: 5. It is a sin that wears a cloak, it cloaks itself under the name of frugality and good hu…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 1 Thess. 2:6
…ostle sought not glory, not only of Heathens and Jews, but of Christians; as he declares, 1 Thess. 2:6.6666 Mr. Shepard, speaking of hypocrites affecting applause, says, "Hence men forsake the…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 1 Thess. 2:7
… Cor. 2:4; and of his "affectionate and tender love," as of a nurse towards her children, 1 Thess. 2:7, 8: "But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children; so, being aff…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
George Herbert — The Country Parson Who Made the Ordinary Holy cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8
…h, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well” (1 Thessalonians 2:7–8, NIV). This sharing of life — not merely of information — was, Herbert believed, what dis…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
John Newton — The Former Slave Trader Who Shepherded with Grace cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7
…Paul described: “We were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children” (1 Thessalonians 2:7, NIV). This gentleness was not the gentleness of someone who had never known real darknes…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
By the Sweat of Your Brow cites 1 Thessalonians 2:9
… to be supported by the churches, he worked with his own hands as a tentmaker (Acts 18:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:9). He did not want to be a burden. He wanted to model the dignity of labor. He said to the…
- Humility ·
Humility and Sin cites 1 Thessalonians 2:10
…nd God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers." (1 Thessalonians 2:10). "For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world w…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 Thess. ii. 11
… you, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory." [1 Thess. ii. 11, 12] You perhaps, Claudius, have often heard these words, without ever thinking how much …
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
Christ the Believer's Husband cites 1 Thess. 2:11–12
…atsoever you do, do all to the glory of God;” and as he also speaks to the Thessalonians, 1 Thess. 2:11–12, “As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you (as a father d…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Bible Study cites 1 Thess. 2: 13
… as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe” (1 Thess. 2: 13). Happy is the one who receives the Word of God as these believers in Thessalonica receiv…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites 1 Thes. ii. 13
… 26, and xvi. 12, 13, are useful as containing Christ’s indorsement of the New Testament. 1 Thes. ii. 13, can be used with good effect to meet the statement which is often made, that Paul nowher…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Martyn Lloyd-Jones — The Doctor Who Healed Souls cites 1 Thessalonians 2:13
…ord, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe” (1 Thessalonians 2:13, NIV). The Word was at work — not the preacher, not the sermon, but the Word itself, livi…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Inspiration, or to What Extent Is the Bible Inspired of God? cites 1 Thess. 2:13
… Himself said in so many words that the law given through Moses was "the Word of God." In 1 Thess. 2:13 the Apostle Paul claims that his own epistles and teachings are "the Word of God." He say…
- The Inner Chamber ·
The Power of God's Word cites 1 Thessalonians 2: 13
…d of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.” — 1 Thessalonians 2: 13. The value of the words of a man depends upon my knowledge of him who speaks. What a diff…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christ- Like Graces of Character cites 1 Thessalonians 2:13
…o do His work and bear His fruit. This is “sanctification of the Spirit ” (1 Peter 1:2-2, 1 Thessalonians 2:13). There is a sense, however, in which cultivating graces of character is right., we look …
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 13
…d of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God.’ 1 Thess 2: 13. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent his ear. 1 Sam 3: 10. If we …
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.3 The Word cites 1 Thess 2:13
…best of these ordinances. The ‘word . . . which effectually worketh in you that believe.’ 1 Thess 2:13. What is meant by the word’s working effectually? The word of God is said to work effectu…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.3 The Wrath of God cites 1 Thess 2: 16
…. This wrath has something in it positive. It is ‘wrath come upon them to the uttermost.’ 1 Thess 2: 16. [I] God’s wrath is irresistible. ‘Who knoweth the power of thine anger?’ Psa 90: 2: Sinn…
- Evening by Evening ·
August cites 1 Thessalonians 2:18
…rld. Lord, it is harvest-time, put in thy sickle and reap. August 7 “Satan hindered us.” (1 Thessalonians 2:18) Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites 1 Thess. 2.19
…ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy’ (1 Thess. 2.19, 20). These, I say, with many others of a like nature, have been great refreshments to me…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
A Farewell Sermon cites 1 Thess. ii. 19
…rd.” Such people, and their faithful ministers, shall be each other’s crown of rejoicing: 1 Thess. ii. 19, 20, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presenc…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 19
… apostle calls the Thessalonians his crown. ‘What is our crown of rejoicing? are not ye?’ 1 Thess 2: 19. A thriving people are a minister’s crown. When there is a metamorphosis, a change wrough…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Preface, or Brief Account of the Publishing of This Work cites 1 Thess. 2.20
…also, before both God and men, is great refreshment to me; ‘For ye are my glory and joy’ (1 Thess. 2.20). I have sent you here enclosed, a drop of that honey, that I have taken out of the carca…