1 Thessalonians 1:8

American Standard Version (1901)

For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

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  • Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
  • 2 Thess 1:4 : 4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;
  • 2 Thess 3:1 : 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also [it is] with you;
  • 3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.
  • Rev 14:6 : 6 And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
  • Rom 10:14-18 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things! 16 But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So belief [cometh] of hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, Did they not hear? Yea, verily, Their sound went out into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.
  • Rom 16:19 : 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple unto that which is evil.
  • 1 Cor 14:36 : 36 What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?
  • 2 Cor 3:4 : 4 And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
  • Exod 18:9 : 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth [ the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
  • Isa 66:19 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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  • 1 Thess 1:5-7
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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

    6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

    7so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  • Rom 1:8
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    8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

  • Col 1:4
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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

  • 2 Cor 8:1-2
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    1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;

    2how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

  • 2 Cor 8:6-8
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    6Insomuch that we exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace also.

    7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [

    8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

  • Phlm 1:5-6
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    5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:12-14
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    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

    13For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

    14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

  • Eph 1:15
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    15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

  • Phil 1:27-28
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    27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

    28and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • 1 Thess 3:6-7
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    6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

    7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

  • 2 Cor 1:16
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    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, [even the word] of God, ye accepted [it] not [as] the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.

  • 2 Cor 8:18-19
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    18And we have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the gospel [is spread] through all the churches;

    19and not only so, but who was also appointed by the churches to travel with us in [the matter of] this grace, which is ministered by us to the glory of the Lord, and [to show] our readiness:

  • 2 Cor 1:24
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    24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

  • 2 Cor 10:14-16
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    14For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

    15not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is], in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,

    16so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

  • 1 Cor 1:5-6
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    5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

    6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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    11To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;

    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 9:2-4
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    2for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.

    3But I have sent the brethren, that our glorying on your behalf may not be made void in this respect; that, even as I said, ye may be prepared:

    4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

  • Col 1:6
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    6which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;

  • Phil 1:5
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    5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

  • Col 1:8
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    8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

  • Phil 1:14
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    14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

    2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 2 Cor 9:13
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    13seeing that through the proving [of you] by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of [your] contribution unto them and unto all;

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

  • 2 Cor 8:24
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    24Show ye therefore unto them in the face of the churches the proof of your love, and of our glorying on your behalf.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.