1 Thessalonians 1:9

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Summary

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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Ye

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit.

The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.

Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.

But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods: