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16 by hindering us from speaking to the gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath[a] has overtaken them at last.[b](A)

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  1. 2.16 Other ancient authorities read God’s wrath
  2. 2.16 Or completely or forever

16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Beroea as well, they came there, too, to stir up and incite the crowds.

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13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea,(A) some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up.

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19 But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. Then they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.(A)

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19 Then some Jews(A) came from Antioch and Iconium(B) and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul(C) and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.

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10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(A)

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B)

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21 Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the gentiles.’ ”(A)

Paul and the Roman Tribune

22 Up to this point they listened to him, but then they shouted, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live.”

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21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ (A)

Paul the Roman Citizen

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him!(B) He’s not fit to live!”(C)

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50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

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50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.(A)

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32 Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.

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32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)

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11 But my brothers and sisters, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed.

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11 Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted?(A) In that case the offense(B) of the cross has been abolished.

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And when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,(A)

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There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews,(A) together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.(B)

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45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and blaspheming, they contradicted what was spoken by Paul.(A)

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45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying(A) and heaped abuse(B) on him.

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50 so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.(A)

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50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel(A) to the blood of Zechariah,(B) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(C)

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16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

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16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.(A)

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The Great Day of the Lord

[a]See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A)

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  1. 4.1 3.19 in Heb

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them.

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  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.