1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves declare concerning us, what manner of entrance to you we had, and how ye turned from idols to God,

1 Corinthians 12:2

Ye know that when ye were heathens, ye were carried away after dumb idols, as ye were led.

We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you, to turn from these vanities unto the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are therein: Who, in times past, suffered all nations to walk in their own ways:

1 Thessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,

Acts 26:17-18

and of those in which I will appear to thee, Delivering thee from the people,

Romans 9:26

And it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

2 Corinthians 6:16-17

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? Now ye are the temple of the living God, as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

Galatians 4:8-9

Indeed then, when ye knew not God, ye served them that by nature are not gods.

1 Thessalonians 1:5-6

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also with power, and with the Holy Ghost, and with much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you, for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, even because when ye received the word of God from us, ye received it, not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God, who likewise effectually worketh in you that believe.

1 Timothy 4:10

For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of them that believe.

Hebrews 12:22

But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,

Revelation 17:2

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

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and of those in which I will appear to thee, Delivering thee from the people,

Ye know that when ye were heathens, ye were carried away after dumb idols, as ye were led.

Indeed then, when ye knew not God, ye served them that by nature are not gods.