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1 Thessalonians 1:5

James Moffatt - New Testament

for our gospel came to you not with mere words but also with power and with the holy Spirit, with ample conviction on our part (you know what we were to you, for your own good),

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while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

to them it was revealed that they got this intelligence not for themselves but for you, regarding all that has now been disclosed to you by those who preached the gospel to you through the holy Spirit sent from heaven. The very angels long to get a glimpse of this!

it was for this that he called you by our gospel, to gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

For God's Reign does not show itself in talk but in power.

Now to him who by the action of his power within us can do all things, aye far more than we ever ask or imagine,

For I am proud of the gospel; it is God's saving power for everyone who has faith, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well.

the strong hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number believed and turned to the Lord.

All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

Never forget "Jesus Christ risen from the dead, descended from David" — that is my gospel,

Practise also what you have learned and received from me, what you heard me say and what you saw me do; then the God of peace will be with you.

So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a life of hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,

for it is God who in his goodwill enables you to will this and to achieve it.

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

for it is by faith that 'we' wait in the Spirit for the righteousness we hope for;

(It was in consequence of a revelation that I went up at all.) I submitted the gospel I am in the habit of preaching to the Gentiles, submitting it privately to the authorities, to make sure that my course of action would be and had been sound.

and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant — a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.

Such is my own rule, to satisfy all men in all points, aiming not at my own advantage but at the advantage of the greater number — at their salvation.

Do you not know you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells within you?

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow.

but for those who are called, whether Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

Among the listeners there was a woman called Lydia, a dealer in purple who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She reverenced God, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Uplifted then by God's right hand, and receiving from the Father the long-promised holy Spirit, he has poured on us what you now see and hear.)

and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts —

not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.

let us draw near with a true heart, in absolute assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from a bad conscience, and our bodies washed in pure water;

Inasmuch as a number of writers have essayed to draw up a narrative of the established facts in our religion

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

so the Lord's instructions were that those who proclaim the gospel are to get their living by the gospel?




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