1 Thessalonians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Thessalonians 2:14

1 Thessalonians 1:4

4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,

1 Thessalonians 2:4

4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

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