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1 Thessalonians 2:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

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Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:

For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.

Why? because I have no love for you? let God be judge.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,

Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.




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