1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

International Standard Version

How the Thessalonians Welcomed the Gospel

¹³Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God’s word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is—the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. ¹⁴For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with the Messiah^[a] Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus and the^[b] prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people, ¹⁶as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed.^[c] However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

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1 Thessalonians 2:14 Or Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:15 Other mss. read their own
1 Thessalonians 2:16 The Gk. lacks they have committed

1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

New International Version

¹³And we also thank God continually^(A) because, when you received the word of God,^(B) 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. ¹⁴For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators^(C) of God’s churches in Judea,^(D) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people^(E) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus^(F) and the prophets^(G) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone ¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(H) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(I) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]