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

1 John 3:21

General references

Luke 21:19

Bible References

Remembering

But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long to see you--

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers,

Your

And for this further reason we render unceasing thanks to God, that when you received God's Message from our lips, it was as no mere message from men that you embraced it, but as--what it really is--God's Message, which also does its work in the hearts of you who believe.

Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages--that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."

but has now been brought fully to light, and by the command of the God of the Ages has been made known by the writings of the Prophets among all the Gentiles to win them to obedience to the faith--

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.

Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.

Let it then be our earnest endeavour to be admitted to that rest, so that no one may perish through following the same example of unbelief.

Through faith Noah, being divinely taught about things as yet unseen, reverently gave heed and built an ark for the safety of his family, and by this act he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which depends on faith.

So also faith, if it is unaccompanied by obedience, has no life in it--so long as it stands alone.

I know your doings, your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance; and that of late you have toiled harder than you did at first.

And labour

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus.

to Mary who has laboured strenuously among you;

Love is patient and kind. Love knows neither envy nor jealousy. Love is not forward and self-assertive, nor boastful and conceited.

For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

Yes, just as you are already very rich in faith, readiness of speech, knowledge, unwearied zeal, and in the love that is in you, implanted by us, see to it that this grace of liberal giving also flourishes in you.

You however, brethren, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an excuse for giving way to your lower natures; but become bondservants to one another in a spirit of love.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;

For God is not unjust so that He is unmindful of your labour and of the love which you have manifested towards Himself in having rendered services to His people and in still rendering them.

Dear children, let us not love in words only nor with the lips, but in deed and in truth.

Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

I know your doings and your toil and patient suffering. And I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, but have put to the test those who say that they themselves are Apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.

And patience

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;

It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.

May God, the giver of hope, fill you with continual joy and peace because you trust in Him--so that you may have abundant hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love--these three; and of these the greatest is Love.

Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.

And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is.

Because in spite of suffering you have guarded My word, I in turn will guard you from that hour of trial which is soon coming upon the whole world, to put to the test the inhabitants of the earth.

In the

Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be cancelled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord,

who said, "'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been put on record before God.

We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.

This is right, and is pleasing in the sight of God our Saviour,

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

Instead of that, it should be a new nature within--the imperishable ornament of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which is indeed precious in the sight of God.

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;

General references

By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.