1 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of (A)reception we had among you, and how (B)you turned to God (C)from idols to serve the living and (D)true God,
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1 Timothy 4:10
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10 For to this end we toil and strive,[a] because we have our hope set on the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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- 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts and suffer reproach
1 Corinthians 12:2
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2 You know that (A)when you were pagans (B)you were led astray to (C)mute idols, however you were led.
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Galatians 4:8-9
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Paul's Concern for the Galatians
8 Formerly, when you (A)did not know God, you (B)were enslaved to those that by nature (C)are not gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather (D)to be known by God, (E)how can you turn back again to (F)the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 And (A)we also thank God constantly[a] for this, that when you received (B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it (C)not as the word of men[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, (D)which is at work in you believers.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Or without ceasing
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
Acts 14:15
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Zechariah 8:20-23
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20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, (A)‘Let us go at once (B)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 (C)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and (D)to entreat the favor of the Lord. 23 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days (E)ten men (F)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for (G)we have heard that God is with you.’”
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1 Thessalonians 2:1
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Paul's Ministry to the Thessalonians
2 For you yourselves know, brothers,[a] that our (A)coming to you (B)was not in vain.
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 14, 17
2 Corinthians 6:16-17
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16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For (A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,
(B)“I will make my dwelling among them and (C)walk among them,
and (D)I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
17 Therefore (E)go out from their midst,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
then I will welcome you,
Psalm 42:2
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- Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God
1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
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5 because (A)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (B)in the Holy Spirit and with full (C)conviction. You know (D)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And (E)you became imitators of us (F)and of the Lord, for (G)you received the word in much affliction, (H)with the (I)joy of the Holy Spirit,
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Acts 26:17-18
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17 (A)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—(B)to whom I (C)am sending you 18 (D)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from (E)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive (F)forgiveness of sins and (G)a place among those who are sanctified (H)by faith in me.’
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Malachi 1:11
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11 For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name (A)will be[a] great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name (B)will be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 1:11 Or is (three times in verse 11; also verse 14)
Zephaniah 2:11
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11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
(A)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (B)to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all (C)the lands of the nations.
Hosea 1:10
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10 [a] Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel shall be (B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (C)And (D)in the place where it was said to them, (E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (F)“Children[b] of (G)the living God.”
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- Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Hosea 1:10 Or Sons
Jeremiah 16:19
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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
Jeremiah 10:10
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10 (A)But the Lord is the true God;
(B)he is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Isaiah 37:17
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17 (A)Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear (B)all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
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Isaiah 37:4
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4 (A)It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for (B)the remnant that is left.’”
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Isaiah 2:17-21
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17 (A)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 (B)And the idols shall utterly pass away.
19 (C)And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,[a]
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(D)when he rises to terrify the earth.
20 In that day (E)mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the (F)bats,
21 (G)to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(H)when he rises to terrify the earth.
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- Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust
Psalm 84:2
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2 My soul (A)longs, yes, (B)faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to (C)the living God.
1 Samuel 17:36
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36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, (A)for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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1 Samuel 17:26
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26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away (A)the reproach from Israel? For who is this (B)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should (C)defy the armies of (D)the living God?”
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Deuteronomy 5:26
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26 (A)For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived?
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