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1 Thessalonians 2

Paul's Ministry

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For you yourselvesg846 knowg3609a, brethreng80, that our  1 acomingg1529 to you  bwas not in vaing2756,

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but after we had alreadyg4310a sufferedg4310a and been  amistreatedg5195 in  bPhilippig5375, as you knowg3609a, we hadg3955 the boldnessg3955 in our Godg2316  cto speakg2980 to you the  dgospelg2098 of Godg2316 amidg1722 muchg4183  1 eoppositiong73.

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For our  aexhortationg3874 does not come from  berrorg4106 org3761  cimpurityg167 org3761  1by wayg1722 of  ddeceitg1388;

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 abut justg2531a as we have been approvedg1381a by Godg2316 to be  bentrustedg4100 with the gospelg2098, sog3779 we speakg2980,  cnot as pleasingg700 meng444, but Godg2316 who  1 dexaminesg1381a our heartsg2588.

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For we neverg3777g4218 cameg1096  1with flatteringg2850 speechg3056, as you knowg3609a, norg3777 with  aa pretextg4392 for greedg4124-- bGodg2316 is witnessg3144--

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norg3777 did we  aseekg2212 gloryg1391 from meng444, eitherg3777 from you org3777 from othersg243, even though as  bapostlesg652 of Christg5547  1we might have  2assertedg1510g922 our authorityg922.

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But we  1provedg1096 to be  2 agentleg2261  3amongg1722g3319 you,  bas a nursingg5162 mother  4tenderlyg2282 caresg2282 for her owng1438 childreng5043.

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Havingg3655b sog3779 fondg3655b an affectiong3655b for you, we were well-pleasedg2106 to  aimpartg3330 to you not onlyg3440 the  bgospelg2098 of Godg2316 but alsog2532 our owng1438  1livesg5590, becauseg1360 you had becomeg1096  2veryg27 dearg27 to us.

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For you recallg3421, brethreng80, our  alaborg2873 and hardshipg3449, how  bworkingg2038b nightg3571 and dayg2250 sog4314 as not to be a  cburdeng1912 to anyg5100 of you, we proclaimedg2784 to you the  dgospelg2098 of Godg2316.

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You are witnessesg3144, and so is  aGodg2316,  bhowg5613 devoutlyg3743 and uprightlyg1346 and blamelesslyg274 we  1behavedg1096 toward you  2believersg4100;

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justg2509 as you knowg3609a howg5613 we were  aexhortingg3870 and encouragingg3888 and  1 bimploringg3143 eachg1538 oneg1520 of you as  ca fatherg3962 would his owng1438 childreng5043,

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sog1519 that you would  awalkg4043 in a mannerg516 worthyg516 of the Godg2316 who  bcallsg2564 you into His owng1438 kingdomg932 and  cgloryg1391.

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For thisg3778 reasong1223 we alsog2532 constantlyg89  athankg2168 Godg2316 that when you receivedg3880 the  bwordg3056 of Godg2316 whichg3739 you heardg191 from us, you acceptedg1209 it  cnot as the wordg3056 of meng444, but for whatg2531a it reallyg230 is, the wordg3056 of Godg2316,  dwhichg3739 alsog2532 performsg1754 its workg1754 in you who believeg4100.

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For you, brethreng80, becameg1096  aimitatorsg3402 of  bthe churchesg1577 of Godg2316 in Christg5547 Jesusg2424 that are  cin Judeag2453, for  dyou alsog2532 enduredg3958 the sameg846 sufferingsg3958 at the handsg5259 of your owng2398 countrymeng4853,  eeveng2531a as they did from the Jewsg2453,

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 awho bothg2532 killedg615 the Lordg2962 Jesusg2424 and  bthe prophetsg4396, and  1droveg1559 us out.  2They are not pleasingg700 to Godg2316,  2but hostileg1727 to allg3956 meng444,

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 ahinderingg2967 us from speakingg2980 to the Gentilesg1484  bsog2443 that they may be savedg4982; with the result that they alwaysg3842  cfillg378 up the measureg378 of their sinsg266. But  dwrathg3709 has comeg5348 upon them  1to the utmostg5056.

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But we, brethreng80, having been takeng642 awayg642 from you for a  1shortg2540g5610 whileg5610-- ain  2persong4383, not in  3spiritg2588--were allg4053 the moreg4053 eagerg4704 with greatg4183 desireg1939  bto seeg3708 your faceg4383.

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 1For  awe wantedg2309 to comeg2064 to you--I, Paulg3972,  2 bmoreg2532g1364 thang2532 onceg530--and yet  cSatang4567  dhinderedg1465 us.

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For whog5101 is our hopeg1680 org2228  ajoyg5479 org2228 crowng4735 of exultationg2746a? Is it not eveng2532 you, in the presenceg1715 of our Lordg2962 Jesusg2424 at His  1 bcomingg3952?

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For you are  aour gloryg1391 and joyg5479.



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