⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ^(A)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

²⁸ But He said, ^(A)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

¹¹ These were more ^[a]fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and ^(A)searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.

^(B)Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

Their Conversion

¹³ For this reason we also thank God ^(A)without ceasing, because when you ^(B)received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it ^(C)not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively ^(D)works in you who believe.

¹⁷ And ^(A)take the helmet of salvation, and ^(B)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;