1 Thessalonians 2:1

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1 Thessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

Our

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In vain

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And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe.

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord's message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

In vain

So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

I concluded, "Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.

But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running -- or had not run -- in vain.

I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.