1 Thessalonians 2:11-13

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹¹For you know how, as a father [dealing with] his children, we used to exhort each of you personally, stimulating and encouraging and charging you

¹²To live lives worthy of God, Who calls you into His own kingdom and the glorious blessedness [^[a]into which true believers will enter after Christ’s return].

¹³And we also [especially] thank God continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [^[b]exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it].

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Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 2:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

1 Thessalonians 2:11-13

New International Version

¹¹For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,^(A) ¹²encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy^(B) of God, who calls^(C) you into his kingdom and glory.

¹³And we also thank God continually^(D) because, when you received the word of God,^(E) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

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1 Thessalonians 2:11-13

King James Version

¹¹As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹³For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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