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1 Thessalonians 2

Paul's Ministry

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For you yourselves know, brethren, that our  1 acoming to you  bwas not in vain,

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but after we had already suffered and been  amistreated in  bPhilippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God  cto speak to you the  dgospel of God amid much  1 eopposition.

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For our  aexhortation does not come from  berror or  cimpurity or  1by way of  ddeceit;

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 abut just as we have been approved by God to be  bentrusted with the gospel, so we speak,  cnot as pleasing men, but God who  1 dexamines our hearts.

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For we never came  1with flattering speech, as you know, nor with  aa pretext for greed-- bGod is witness--

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nor did we  aseek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as  bapostles of Christ  1we might have  2asserted our authority.

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But we  1proved to be  2 agentle  3among you,  bas a nursing mother  4tenderly cares for her own children.

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Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to  aimpart to you not only the  bgospel of God but also our own  1lives, because you had become  2very dear to us.

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For you recall, brethren, our  alabor and hardship, how  bworking night and day so as not to be a  cburden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the  dgospel of God.

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You are witnesses, and so is  aGod,  bhow devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we  1behaved toward you  2believers;

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just as you know how we were  aexhorting and encouraging and  1 bimploring each one of you as  ca father would his own children,

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so that you would  awalk in a manner worthy of the God who  bcalls you into His own kingdom and  cglory.

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For this reason we also constantly  athank God that when you received the  bword of God which you heard from us, you accepted it  cnot as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God,  dwhich also performs its work in you who believe.

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For you, brethren, became  aimitators of  bthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are  cin Judea, for  dyou also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen,  eeven as they did from the Jews,

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 awho both killed the Lord Jesus and  bthe prophets, and  1drove us out.  2They are not pleasing to God,  2but hostile to all men,

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 ahindering us from speaking to the Gentiles  bso that they may be saved; with the result that they always  cfill up the measure of their sins. But  dwrath has come upon them  1to the utmost.

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But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a  1short while-- ain  2person, not in  3spirit--were all the more eager with great desire  bto see your face.

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 1For  awe wanted to come to you--I, Paul,  2 bmore than once--and yet  cSatan  dhindered us.

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For who is our hope or  ajoy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His  1 bcoming?

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For you are  aour glory and joy.



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