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The Faith of the Thessalonian Believers
We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.
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As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece—throughout both Macedonia and Achaia.
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You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.
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For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity
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After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!
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And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.
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May he, as a result, make your hearts strong, blameless, and holy as you stand before God our Father when our Lord Jesus comes again with all his holy people. Amen.
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God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
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Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.
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Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.
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Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you.
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For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.
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See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.
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Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
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Greet all the brothers and sisters with a sacred kiss.
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I command you in the name of the Lord to read this letter to all the brothers and sisters.
