1Thessalonians:1:2-10

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* I am continually thanking God for all , always making mention of you in my prayers , * as I call to mind your work of faith , and labor of love , and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ , in the presence of our God and Father . * For I know , O brothers , beloved of God , that he has chosen you ; * for my gospel did not come to you in word only , but in power also , and in the Holy Spirit , and with deep conviction . For you know also the manner in which I behaved myself among you for your sakes . * Moreover , you began to follow the pattern I set you , and the Lords also , receiving the word with joy in the Holy Spirit , although amid severe persecution . * Thus you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia . * For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you , and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia , but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad , so that I have no need to speak of it . * For others , of their own accord , tell about the welcome I had from you , and how you turned to God from your idols , to be slaved of a true and living God , * and to await for the coming of his Son from the heavens , the Son whom he raised from the dead , even Jesus , our Deliverer from the wrath to come .

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