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1 Thessalonians 2

Chapter 2

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain, but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our Elohim to tell you the Good News of Elohim in much conflict. For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception. But even as we have been approved by Elohim to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but Elohim, who tests our hearts. For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (Elohim is witness), nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Messias. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of Elohim only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us. For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of Elohim. 10 You are witnesses with Elohim, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe. 11 As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, 12 to the end that you should walk worthily of Elohim, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory. 13 For this cause we also thank Elohim without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of Elohim, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of Elohim, which also works in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of Elohim which are in Judea in Messias Yehoshua; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews; 15 who killed both the Master Yehoshua and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please Elohim, and are contrary to all men; 16 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.

17 But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire, 18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Master Yehoshua*TR adds “Messias” at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and our joy.


*2:19: TR adds “Messias”


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