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1 Thessalonians 1:5

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because our good news didn’t just come to you through our words. It came with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with great confidence. You know what we went through for your sake when we were with you.

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Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them, confirming his word by the signs that occurred with it.

We also thank God constantly for the way you received his word when you heard it from us. You didn’t accept it as a human word, but for what it is, the word of God. And that word is truly at work in you who believe.

The prophets were shown that they weren’t serving themselves. Instead, they were serving you when they spoke about the things that you’ve now heard from those who preached the good news to you with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

God called you to be saved through the good news that we preach, and you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

My goal is that they will all be encouraged in their hearts and joined together in love. Then their understanding will be rich and complete, and they will know the mystery of God, which is Christ.

The kingdom of God isn’t a matter of talk but a matter of power.

God is able to do far more than we could ever ask for or imagine. He does everything by his power that is at work in us.

I’m not ashamed of the good news. It’s the power of God that can save everyone who believes, first the Jews and then also the Gentiles.

The Lord’s power was with them, and large numbers of people believed and turned to the Lord.

So I put up with everything for the good of God’s chosen people, so that they also can be saved through Christ Jesus, with glory that will last forever.

Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead, and who was from David’s family line. That’s the good news I preach,

Whatever you’ve learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

My brothers and sisters, make every effort to show that God has called you to be saved. If you do everything I’ve just said, you’ll never trip and fall.

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

We want each of you to show this same dedication to the very end, so that everything you’re hoping for will happen.

God is at work in you to help you both to want his good purpose and to work for it.

God made us with his own hands through Christ Jesus for good works, and long ago he prepared them for us as a way of life.

But we, through the Spirit, are eagerly waiting to be made completely right with God by faith.

I went because God showed me that he wanted me to go. I met privately with those who are respected as leaders. I presented to them the good news that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure that it wasn’t useless for me to keep presenting the good news that way.

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. It’s not based on the written Law of Moses; it comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Follow my example. I try to please everyone in every way. I’m not looking out for what’s good for me. I’m looking out for the interests of others, so that they might be saved.

Don’t you know that together you are God’s temple? Don’t you know that God’s Spirit lives among you?

I planted the seed, and Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.

But to everyone God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.

The good news says that this will happen on the day when God judges people’s secret thoughts through Jesus Christ.

One of the women who listened to us was named Lydia. She was from the city of Thyatira, and she had a business selling purple cloth. She already believed in God, and the Lord opened her heart to accept Paul’s message.

Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God, and he has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father. It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.

We can also rely completely on the message of the prophets. It’s important for you to pay attention to it. That message is like a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Don’t act like dictators towards those who are under your care. Instead, be good examples to the flock.

So let’s draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Our hearts have been sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

Just as many others have already written about the things that have taken place among us,

May the God who gives hope fill you with great joy and peace as you trust in him, and may you overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

So those who preach the good news should also receive their living from that work. That’s what the Lord has commanded.




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