1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ For this reason we also constantly ^(A)thank God that when you received the ^(B)word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which also performs its work in you who believe. ¹⁴ For you, brethren, became ^(E)imitators of ^(F)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are ^(G)in Judea, for ^(H)you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, ^(I)even as they did from the Jews, ^15 (J)who both killed the Lord Jesus and ^(K)the prophets, and ^[a]drove us out. ^[b]They are not pleasing to God, ^[c]but hostile to all men, ^16 (L)hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles ^(M)so that they may be saved; with the result that they always ^(N)fill up the measure of their sins. But ^(O)wrath has come upon them ^[d]to the utmost.