1 Thessalonians 1:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

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  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
  • 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
  • Titus 3:4-5 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
  • Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose. 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
  • Rom 9:25 : 25 As he says in Hosea, They will be named my people who were not my people, and she will be loved who was not loved.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us, 5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),
  • Phil 1:6-7 : 6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ: 7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
  • Rom 11:5-7 : 5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace. 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace. 7 What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
  • 2 Tim 1:9-9 : 9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal, 10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

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    3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • 2 Thess 2:13-14
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    13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

    14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

  • Col 1:4-5
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    4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

    5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

  • 2 Pet 1:10-11
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    10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

    11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Pet 1:2-4
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    2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,

    4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

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    4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

    5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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    8 And who, himself, made clear to us your love in the Spirit.

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    15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

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    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

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    5 Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;

    6 That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

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    1 For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:

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    26 For you see God's design for you, my brothers, that he has not taken a great number of the wise after the flesh, not the strong, not the noble:

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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

    18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

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    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

    21 Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

    22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

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    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

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    2 May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

    3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;

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    3 It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

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    21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    5 Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

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    4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

    5 So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

    6 Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:

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    1 Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

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    7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

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    9 But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

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    10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;