1 ThessaloniansChristianityAccepted ScriptureKoine GreekShare1 Thessalonians 2Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹1 Thessalonians 11 Thessalonians 21 Thessalonians 31 Thessalonians 41 Thessalonians 5›1 Thessalonians 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain; 2but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in ourGod to speak unto you the glad tidings ofGod with much earnest striving. 3For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile; 4but even as we have been approved ofGod to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, butGod, who proves our hearts. 5For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness,God [is] witness; 6nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles; 7but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children. 8Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings ofGod, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us. 9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings ofGod. 10Ye [are] witnesses, andGod, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe: 11as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify, 12that ye should walk worthy ofGod, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory. 13And for this cause we also give thanks toGod unceasingly that, having received [the] word of [the] report ofGod by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly,God's word, which also works in you who believe. 14For ye, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies ofGod which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also they of the Jews, 15who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not pleaseGod, and [are] against all men, 16forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. 17But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire; 18wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us. 19For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [are] not ye also before our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20for ye are our glory and joy. ‹Previous chapter1 Thessalonians 1Next chapter1 Thessalonians 3›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Versions1 Thessalonians 2 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain