1 Thessalonians 1:3

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1 Thessalonians 1:3

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Summary

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Remembering

1 Thessalonians 3:6

2 Timothy 1:3

Your

And labour

And patience

In the

General references

Luke 21:19

Bible References

Remembering

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;

I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

Your

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

Even so faith without works is dead.

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

And labour

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

Give my love to Mary, who gave much care to you.

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

And patience

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

In the

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord;

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

General references

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.