1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone
16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

Cross References 9

  • 1. 1 Thessalonians 1:2; S Romans 1:8
  • 2. S Hebrews 4:12
  • 3. 1 Thessalonians 1:6
  • 4. Galatians 1:22
  • 5. Acts 17:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:4
  • 6. Luke 24:20; Acts 2:23
  • 7. S Matthew 5:12
  • 8. Acts 13:45,50; Acts 17:5; S Acts 20:3; Acts 21:27; Acts 24:9
  • 9. Matthew 23:32

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