1 Thessalonians 2:13

English Standard Version 2016

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Cross References

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

1 Peter 1:23

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Acts 13:48

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

1 John 3:3

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Galatians 4:14

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,

Luke 8:21

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

John 17:19

And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Matthew 10:40

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

John 15:3

Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Matthew 10:20

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

Acts 16:14

One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Acts 2:41

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Acts 8:14

Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John,

Luke 5:1

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

Jeremiah 44:16

“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.

Haggai 1:12

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.

Hebrews 4:2

For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.