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

Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods -- worthless idols that could not help them at all.

The Lord will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands.

The Lord who rules over all says, 'It will someday come to pass that people -- residents of many cities -- will come.

For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord who rules over all.

"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.