1 Thessalonians 2 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Paul's Ministry

(cf. Act 17:1–9 )

1Th 2:1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our [fn]coming to you was not in vain,

1Th 2:2but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much [fn]opposition.

1Th 2:3

1Th 2:3For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or [fn]by way of deceit;

1Th 2:4

1Th 2:4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who [fn]examines our hearts.

1Th 2:5

1Th 2:5For we never came [fn]with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

1Th 2:6

1Th 2:6nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ [fn]we might have [fn]asserted our authority.

1Th 2:7

1Th 2:7But we [fn]proved to be [fn]gentle [fn]among you, as a nursing mother [fn]tenderly cares for her own children.

1Th 2:8

1Th 2:8Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own [fn]lives, because you had become [fn]very dear to us.

1Th 2:9

1Th 2:9For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

1Th 2:10

1Th 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we [fn]behaved toward you [fn]believers;

1Th 2:11

1Th 2:11just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and [fn]imploring each one of you as a father would his own children,

1Th 2:12

1Th 2:12so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

1Th 2:13

1Th 2:13For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

1Th 2:14

1Th 2:14For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,

1Th 2:15

1Th 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and [fn]drove us out. [fn]They are not pleasing to God, [fn]but hostile to all men,

1Th 2:16

1Th 2:16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them [fn]to the utmost.

1Th 2:17

1Th 2:17But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a [fn]short while—in [fn]person, not in [fn]spirit—were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.

1Th 2:18

1Th 2:18 [fn]For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, [fn]more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.

1Th 2:19

1Th 2:19For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His [fn]coming?

1Th 2:20

1Th 2:20For you are our glory and joy.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(2:1)

Literally: entrance

(2:2)

Or, struggle, conflict

(2:3)

Literally: in deceit

(2:4)

Or, approves

(2:5)

Literally: in a word of flattery

(2:6)

Literally: being able to

(2:6)

Or, be burdensome

(2:7)

Or, became gentle

(2:7)

Three early mss read babes

(2:7)

Literally: in the midst of you

Or, cherishes

Or, souls

Literally: beloved

Literally: became

Or, who believe

Or, testifying to

Or, persecuted us

Literally: and

Or, forever or altogether; lit to the end

(2:17)

Literally: occasion of an hour

Literally: face

Literally: heart

Or, Because

Literally: both once and twice

(2:19)

Or, presence

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