1 Thessalonians 1:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God {G138} chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble:
1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
Titus 3:4-5 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Rom 1:7 : 7 To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 9:25 : 25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.
Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
Eph 2:4-5 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
Phil 1:6-7 : 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: 7 even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.
Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
Rom 11:5-7 : 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 But if it is by grace, {G3765} it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. 7 What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he {G2013} obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
2 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, 10 but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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 Thess 2:13-14
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13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God {G138} chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess 1:5
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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.
Col 1:4-5
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4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,
5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
2 Pet 1:10-11
2 verses
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10Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall {G4417} never {G4218} stumble:
11for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
1 Pet 1:2-4
3 verses
74%
2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Eph 1:4-6
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4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
Col 1:8
72%
8who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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,
Jude 1:17
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17But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 Thess 1:11
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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;
1 John 4:7
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7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
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.
1 Thess 2:1
71%
1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
1 Cor 1:26
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26For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
Eph 1:17-18
2 verses
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17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, {G2532} what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1 Pet 1:20-22
3 verses
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20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,
21who through him are believers in God, that raised him {G1453} from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the {G2513} heart fervently:
2 John 1:13
71%
13The children of thine elect sister salute thee.
3 John 1:5
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5Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal;
2 Pet 1:2-3
2 verses
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2Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue;
2 Thess 1:3-4
2 verses
71%
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;
Jude 1:21
70%
21keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
1 Thess 5:12
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12But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Cor 1:9
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9God is faithful, through whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thess 4:9
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9But concerning love of the brethren ye have no need that one write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another;
2 John 1:1
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1The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;
Phil 1:5
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5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;
1 Cor 1:4-6
3 verses
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4I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;
5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;
6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Titus 1:1
70%
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 Pet 1:7
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7and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love.
Heb 6:9
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9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:
Jas 1:3
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3Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.
1 John 3:1
69%
1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Jas 1:18
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18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Col 1:10
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10{G4043} {G5209} to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;