1 Thessalonians 2:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you yourselves, brothers, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:

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  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
  • 2 Thess 3:1 : 1 Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be honored, just as it is with you.
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Isa 65:23 : 23 They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, as workers together with Him, urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.
  • 1 Thess 1:3-9 : 3 Remembering constantly your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of God our Father; 4 Knowing, beloved brothers, your election by God. 5 For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake. 6 And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit: 7 So that you became examples to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything. 9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe.
  • 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know about your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.
  • Job 39:16 : 16 She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain, without fear;
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely I have kept my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.

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