1Th 1:9-10, 2:13-14, 2Ti 4:17 | ESV | STEP | For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you , and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God ,

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of ^areception we had among you, and how ^byou turned to God ^cfrom idols to serve the living and ^dtrue God, 10 and ^eto wait for his Son ^ffrom heaven, ^gwhom he raised from the dead, Jesus ^hwho delivers us from ⁱthe wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

13 And ^jwe also thank God constantly ^{▼▼Or without ceasing} for this, that when you received ^lthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^mnot as the word of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but as what it really is, the word of God, ^owhich is at work in you believers. 14 For you, brothers, ^pbecame imitators of ^qthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^ryou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^sas they did from the Jews, ^{▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time}

2 Timothy 4:17

17 But ^uthe Lord stood by me and ^vstrengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and ^wall the Gentiles might hear it. So ^xI was rescued ^yfrom the lion’s mouth.