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1 Thessalonians 2 — TNTC

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2Verse 1Now you yourselves know, brothers, that our entrance to you did not happen without purpose.Verse 2Rather, in spite of having already suffered and been insulted in Philippi, as you know, we made bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God, in the face of strong opposition.+Verse 3Further, our exhortation does not spring from delusion or impurity, nor is it in deception,Verse 4but we speak precisely as those who have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel,+not so as to please men, but to please the God who evaluates our hearts.+Verse 5Further, you well know that we never used words to flatter, or to disguise greed (God is witness),Verse 6or to seek glory from men (whether from you or from others)+—as apostles of Christ+we could have been ‘heavy’,Verse 7but we were gentle among you, like a nurse+cherishing her own children.

Paul's devotion to them

Verse 8Yearning over you in this way, we were well pleased to share with you not only the Gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become dear to us.Verse 9Surely you remember, brothers, our toil and exertion, because working night and day, so as not to burden any of you,+we proclaimed the Gospel of God to you.Verse 10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe;Verse 11indeed, you know how we treated each one of you as a father does his own children, exhorting and comforting you,Verse 12insisting that you conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.+

Their conversion

Verse 13Another reason we give thanks to God continually is that when you received from us the spoken Word of God, you welcomed it not as the word of men but, as it actually is, the Word of God, which is indeed operative in you who believe.+Verse 14For you, brothers, became imitators of God's congregations in Christ Jesus, the ones in Judea,+in that you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen that they did from the JewsVerse 15(the ones who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, who have persecuted us, who do not please God and are hostile to everybody,+Verse 16trying to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved—so as to fill up the measure of their sins. They have received the full impact of the Wrath).+

A sense of bereavement

Verse 17Now we, brothers, having been bereaved of you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made every effort to see your face, from intense longing.+Verse 18(We actually tried to come to you—I, Paul, time and again—but Satan thwarted us.)+Verse 19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not precisely you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus+at His coming?+Verse 20Indeed, you are our glory and our joy.
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