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1 Thessalonians 2:7 (NLT)

As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 (NLT)

We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too.

Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.

1 Thessalonians 2:10 (NLT)

You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.

1 Thessalonians 2:11 (NLT)

And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.

1 Thessalonians 2:12 (NLT)

We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NLT)

Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 2:14 (NLT)

And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God’s churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.

1 Thessalonians 2:15 (NLT)

For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity

1 Thessalonians 2:16 (NLT)

as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.

1 Thessalonians 2:17 (NLT)

Dear brothers and sisters, after we were separated from you for a little while (though our hearts never left you), we tried very hard to come back because of our intense longing to see you again.

1 Thessalonians 2:18 (NLT)

We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.

1 Thessalonians 2:19 (NLT)

After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!

1 Thessalonians 2:20 (NLT)

Yes, you are our pride and joy.

2 Thessalonians 1:1 (NLT)

This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:3 (NLT)

Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.

2 Thessalonians 1:4 (NLT)

We proudly tell God’s other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 (NLT)

And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 (NLT)

In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.

2 Thessalonians 1:7 (NLT)

And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,

2 Thessalonians 1:8 (NLT)

in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 (NLT)

They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.

2 Thessalonians 1:10 (NLT)

When he comes on that day, he will receive glory from his holy people—praise from all who believe. And this includes you, for you believed what we told you about him.

2 Thessalonians 1:11 (NLT)

So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.

2 Thessalonians 1:12 (NLT)

Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, and you will be honored along with him. This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.