c2 Cor. 5:14 (Gk.)
hSee ch. 1:2, 3
2 Samuel 24:14
14Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, afor his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”Luke 12:50
50 bI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how cgreat is my distress until it is accomplished!2 Corinthians 6:12
12You are not restricted by us, but dyou are restricted in your own affections.1 Thessalonians 2:1
Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians
1For you yourselves know, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 14, 17
that our fcoming to you gwas not in vain. 1 Thessalonians 2:13
13And hwe also thank God constantly ▼▼Or without ceasing
for this, that when you received jthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it knot 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, mwhich is at work in you believers.
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