1 Thessalonians 1:6

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Summary

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Ye

And of

Received

With joy

General references

1 Corinthians 4:16

Bible References

Ye

for you have started, my brothers, to copy the churches of God in Christ Jesus throughout Judaea; you have suffered from your compatriots just as they have suffered from the Jews,

Then imitate me, I beg of you.

Copy me, as I copy Christ.

They have done more than I expected; they gave themselves to the Lord, to begin with, and then (for so God willed it) they put themselves at my disposal.

Copy me, brothers, one and all of you, and notice those who live by the example you get from me.

Not that we have no right to such support; it was simply to give you a pattern to copy.

And of

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;

Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right: that is what I am.

Copy God, then, as his beloved children,

Yet who will wrong you if you have a passion for goodness?

Beloved, do not imitate evil but good; he who does good belongs to God, he who does evil has never seen God.

Received

We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,

I sent Timotheus our brother, a minister of God in the gospel of Christ, for your strengthening and encouragement in the faith,

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

But the Jews were aroused to jealousy; they got hold of some idle rascals to form a mob and set the town in an uproar; they attacked Jason's house in the endeavour to bring them out before the populace,

Now, brothers, I have to tell you about the grace God has given to the churches of Macedonia.

So much so, that throughout the churches of God we are proud of you, proud of the stedfastness and faith you display through all the persecutions and the troubles in which you are involved.

With joy

and I will ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;

Now, all over Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria, the church enjoyed peace; it was consolidated, inspired by reverence for the Lord and by its invocation of the holy Spirit, and so increased in numbers.

As for the disciples, they were filled with joy and the holy Spirit.

Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,

it is this Spirit testifying along with our own spirit that we are children of God;

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in your faith, that you may be overflowing with hope by the power of the holy Spirit!

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

General references

Then imitate me, I beg of you.