1 Thessalonians 2:12-20 (Revised Standard Version)
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to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
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And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
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who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all men
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by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved--so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!
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But since we were bereft of you, brethren, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face;
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because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, again and again--but Satan hindered us.
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For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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For you are our glory and joy.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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