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1 Thessalonians 2:13
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,

In vain

1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.
Job 39:16
She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
Psalm 73:13
Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
Psalm 127:1
A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.
Isaiah 49:4
But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.
Isaiah 65:23
They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
1 Corinthians 15:2
You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.
2 Corinthians 6:1
Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”
Galatians 2:2
I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles—but privately to those recognized as leaders—so that I might not be running, or have run the race, in vain.
Galatians 4:11
I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.
Philippians 2:16
Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

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