pSee ch. 1:2, 3
wSee 1 Cor. 7:17
John 6:27-29
27 aDo not work for the food that perishes, but for bthe food that endures to eternal life, which cthe Son of Man will give to you. For on dhim God the Father has eset his seal.” 28Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing fthe works of God?” 29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, gthat you believe in him whom hhe has sent.”Romans 16:26
26but ihas now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, jto bring about the obedience of faith—1 Corinthians 15:58
58 kTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in lthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord myour labor is not in vain.Galatians 5:6
6For in Christ Jesus nneither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but oonly faith working through love.1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
13And pwe also thank God constantly ▼▼Or without ceasing
for this, that when you received rthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it snot 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, uwhich is at work in you believers. 14For you, brothers, vbecame imitators of wthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For xyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen yas 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 Thessalonians 1:3
Thanksgiving
3 aaWe ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church
as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:11
11To this end we acalways pray for you, that our God may admake you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every aework of faith by his power,
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