1Thessalonians:2

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* For (note :)That which he mentioned before briefly concerning his apostleship , he handles now more at large , and to that end and purpose which we spoke of .(:note ) yourselves , brethren , know our entrance in unto you , that it was not in vain : * * * * Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes , as ye knowe , nor coloured couetousnes , God is recorde . * * But we were (note :)We were rough , and yet easy and gentle as a nurse that is neither seeking glory , nor covetous , but who takes all pains as patiently as if she were a mother .(:note ) gentle among you , even as a nurse cherisheth her children : * * * * * * * * * Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved , to (note :)Until that wickedness of theirs which they have by inheritance as it were of their fathers , has grown so great , that the measure of their iniquity being filled , God may come forth to wrath .(:note ) fill up their sins alway : for the The judgment of God who was angry , which indeed appeared shortly after in the destruction of the city of Jerusalem , where many fled even out of various provinces , when it was besieged . wrath is come upon them to the uttermost . * * Therefore we would haue come vnto you (I Paul , at least once or twise ) but Satan hindered vs . * For what is our hope or ioye , or crowne of reioycing ? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming ? * Yes , ye are our glory and ioy .

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