1 Thessalonians 2:13
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13 We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received the word of God that you heard from us you accepted it not as a human word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.(A)
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Hebrews 4:12
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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A)
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Romans 10:17
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17 So faith[a] comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.[b]
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1 Peter 1:23
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23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[a](A)
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- 1.23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God
1 Peter 1:25
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25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
That word is the good news that was announced to you.(A)
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1 Peter 2:2
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2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation(A)—
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Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”(A)
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Acts 13:48
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48 When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.
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Galatians 4:14
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14 though my condition put you to the test, you did not scorn or despise me but welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
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1 John 3:3
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3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
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18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.(A)
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Acts 17:11
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11 These Jews were more receptive than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message very eagerly and examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so.(A)
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Colossians 1:6
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6 that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.(A)
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1 John 5:4-5
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4 for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.(A) 5 Who is it who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?(B)
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2 Peter 1:16-21
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Eyewitnesses of Christ’s Glory
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.(A) 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, my Beloved,[a] with whom I am well pleased.”(B) 18 We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.(C)
19 So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.(D) 20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s[b] own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.[c](E)
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1 Thessalonians 1:5-10
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5 because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.(A) 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy from the Holy Spirit,(B) 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it.(C) 9 For they report about us what kind of welcome we had among you and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God(D) 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.(E)
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1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
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The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example
2 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly(A) 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Romans 6:17-18
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17 But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted(A) 18 and that you, having been set free from sin, have become enslaved to righteousness.(B)
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John 17:19
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19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
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Luke 8:21
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21 But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”(A)
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Acts 17:18-20
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18 Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this pretentious babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 19 So they took him and brought him to the Areopagus and asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 It sounds rather strange to us, so we would like to know what it means.”
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John 17:17
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17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
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John 15:3
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3 You have already been cleansed[a] by the word that I have spoken to you.(A)
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- 15.3 The same Greek root refers to pruning and cleansing
Luke 8:11
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The Parable of the Sower Explained
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.(A)
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Matthew 10:40
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Rewards
40 “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(A)
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