1 Thessalonians 2:13

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

This, too, is a reason why we, on our part, are continually thanking God--because, in receiving the teaching that you had from us, you accepted it, not as the teaching of man, but as what it really is--the teaching of God, which is even now doing its work within you who believe in Christ.

Cross References

Matthew 10:20

For it will not be you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks within you.

Matthew 10:40

He who welcomes you is welcoming me; and he who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his Messenger.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus replied: "Rather, happy are those who listen to God's Message and keep it."

Luke 5:1

Once, when the people were pressing round Jesus as the listened to God's Message, he happened to be standing by the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats close to the shore.

Luke 8:11

This is the parable--The seed is God's Message.

Luke 8:21

His reply, spoken to them all, was: "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's teaching and do what it bids."

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the Message that I have given you.

John 17:17

Consecrate them by the Truth; thy Message is Truth.

John 17:19

And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

Acts 10:33

Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."

Acts 13:48

On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God's Message; and all those who had been enrolled for Immortal Life became believers in Christ;

Acts 16:14

Among them was a woman, named Lydia, belonging to Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth, who was accustomed to join in the worship of God. The Lord touched this woman's heart, so that she gave attention to the Message delivered by Paul,

Acts 17:11

These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.

Acts 17:32

On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.

Acts 8:14

When the Apostles at Jerusalem heard that the Samaritans had welcomed God's Message, they sent Peter and John to them;

Romans 10:17

And so we gather, faith is a result of teaching, and the teaching comes in the Message of Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:18

And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.

Galatians 4:14

And as for what must have tried you in my condition, it did not inspire you with scorn or disgust, but you welcomed me as if I had been an angel of God--or Christ Jesus himself!

Colossians 1:6

Bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you, from the very day that you heard of God's loving-kindness, and understood what that loving-kindness really is.

Hebrews 4:12

God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

Hebrews 4:2

For we have had the Good News told us just as they had. But the Message which they heard did them no good, since they did not share the faith of those who were attentive to it.

James 1:18

Because he so willed, he gave us Life, through the Message of the Truth, so that we should be, as it were, an earnest of still further creations.

1 Peter 1:23

since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.

1 Peter 1:25

But the teaching of the Lord remains for ever.' And that is the Teaching of the Good News which has been told to you.

1 Peter 2:2

like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation--

2 Peter 3:2

I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy Prophets, as well as the Command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your Apostles.

1 John 3:3

And every one who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make himself pure--as Christ is pure.