For we know, brothers so beloved by God, that He has chosen you,

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we do not need to say anything.

For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain;

But as my fitness to be entrusted with the gospel has been tested and approved by God, I so speak, not to please men, but to please God, who is testing my motives.

So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.

For even when we were with you, we warned you plainly in advance that we were going to experience persecution; and so, as you know, it has come to pass.

But now, since Timothy has just come back to me from you, and brought me good tidings of your faith and love, and told me how kindly you remembered me and that you are longing to see me as much as I am to see you,

Thus, my brethren, your conduct has given us great consolation, under all our persecutions and distress.

For God has not called us to impurity, but to purity.

Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

For we declare to you what the Lord has told us to say: We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died.

For God has not destined us to receive wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,

who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him.

if it has the least appearance of evil, reject it.

he that has called you, is faithful, and this he will effect.