1 Thessalonians 1:3

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1 Thessalonians 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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And labour

And patience

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1 John 3:21

General references

Luke 21:19

Bible References

Remembering

But now, since Timothy has just come back to me from you, and brought me good tidings of your faith and love, and told me how kindly you remembered me and that you are longing to see me as much as I am to see you,

I thank God, whom I worship, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as I ceaselessly remember you in my prayers. Because I remember the tears you shed for me, I am always longing night and day

Your

For another reason too, we, as far as we are concerned, are constantly giving thanks to God; that is, when you received the message you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the message of men but as the message of God, as it really is, which keeps on working in you who believe.

Stop toiling for the food that perishes, but toil for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has given Him authority to do so."

but now has been fully brought to light by means of the prophetic Scriptures, and in accordance with the command of the eternal God has been made known to all the heathen, to win them to obedience inspired by faith --

So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

We always ought to be thanking God for you, brothers, as it is right to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing

So let us do our best to be admitted to that rest, so that not one of us may fail through the same sort of disobedience.

By faith Noah, on being divinely warned about things not seen as yet, in reverence prepared an ark for saving his family, and by his faith condemned the world and became possessor of the uprightness that results from faith.

So faith by itself, if it has no deeds to back it up, is dead.

"I know what you are doing, I know your love and faithfulness, your service and patient endurance, and I know that you are now working harder than you did at first.

And labour

"If you really love me, you will keep my commands.

If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs."

Remember me to Mary, who has toiled so hard for you.

Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;

For the love of Christ continuously constrains me, because I am convinced that as One died for all, all have died,

Yes, just as you are growing rich in everything else, in faith, expression, knowledge, perfect enthusiasm, and the love inspired in you by us, you must see to it that you grow rich in this gracious contribution too.

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; only you must not let your freedom be an excuse for the gratification of your lower nature, but in love be slaves to one another.

because I continue to hear of the love and faith you have in the Lord Jesus and all His people,

For God is not so unjust as to forget the work you have done and the love you have shown His name in the service you have rendered for your fellow-Christians, and still are doing.

Dear children, let us stop loving with words or lips alone, but let us love with actions and in truth.

For love to God means this, to practice obedience to His commands, and His commands are not burdensome,

"I know what you have done; your hard work and patient endurance; that you cannot tolerate wicked persons; that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles although they were not, and have found them to be imposters,

And patience

eternal life to those who patiently continue doing good and striving for glory, honor, and immortality,

And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,

For we were saved in such a hope.

ever happy in hope, always patient in suffering, ever persistent in prayer,

May the hope-inspiring God so fill you with perfect joy and peace through your continuing faith, that you may bubble over with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And so these three, faith, hope, and love endure, but the greatest of them is love.

Let us stop getting tired of doing good, for at the proper time we shall reap if we do not give up.

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.

Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:

for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;

So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,

And everyone who has this hope in him tries to make himself as pure as He is.

Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

In the

So now repent and turn to Him, to have your sins wiped out, that times of revival may come from the presence of the Lord,

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your deeds of charity have been remembered by God.

Now who is qualified for such a task? I am, for I am not a peddler of God's message, like the most of them, but like a man of sincerity, like a man that is sent from God and living in His presence, in union with Christ I speak His message.

This is the right thing to do and it pleases God our Saviour,

perfectly fit you to do His will, He Himself, through Jesus Christ, accomplishing through you what is pleasing to Him. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

but they must be of an internal nature, the character concealed in the heart, in the imperishable quality of a quiet and gentle spirit, which is of great value in the sight of God.

Dearly beloved, if our consciences do not condemn us, we come with perfect confidence to God,

General references

By your endurance you will win your souls.