1 Thessalonians 3 - 5
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Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing d to be left behind at Athens alone,
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and we e sent Timothy, f our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
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that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that g we are destined for this.
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For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, h just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
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For this reason, i when I could bear it no longer, i I sent to learn about your faith, j for fear that somehow k the tempter had tempted you and l our labor would be in vain.
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But m now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of n your faith and love and reported o that you always remember us kindly and p long to see us, as we long to see you -
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for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction q we have been comforted about you through your faith.
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For now we live, if you r are standing fast in the Lord.
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For s what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
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as we pray most earnestly t night and day u that we may see you face to face and v supply what is lacking in your faith?
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Now may w our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, x direct our way to you,
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and may the Lord y make you increase and abound in love z for one another and for all, as we do for you,
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so that he may a establish your hearts blameless in holiness before w our God and Father, at b the coming of our Lord Jesus c with all his saints.
1 Thessalonians 4
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Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you d received from us e how you ought to walk and f to please God, just as you are doing, that you g do so more and more.
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For h you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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For this is the will of God, i your sanctification: j that you abstain from sexual immorality;
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that each one of you know how to control his own k body in holiness and l honor,
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not in m the passion of lust n like the Gentiles o who do not know God;
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that no one transgress and p wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is q an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
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For r God has not called us for s impurity, but in holiness.
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Therefore t whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, u who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
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Now concerning v brotherly love w you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been x taught by God y to love one another,
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for that indeed is what z you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to a do this more and more,
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and to aspire b to live quietly, and c to mind your own affairs, and d to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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so that you may e walk properly before f outsiders and be dependent on no one.
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But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, g that you may not grieve as others do h who have no hope.
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For i since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him j those who have fallen asleep.
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For this we declare to you k by a word from the Lord, that l we who are alive, who are left until m the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
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For n the Lord himself will descend o from heaven p with a cry of command, with the voice of q an archangel, and r with the sound of the trumpet of God. And s the dead in Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive, who are left, will be t caught up together with them u in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so v we will always be with the Lord.
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Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5
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Now concerning w the times and the seasons, brothers, x you have no need to have anything written to you.
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For you yourselves are fully aware that y the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then z sudden destruction will come upon them a as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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But you b are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
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For you are all c children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.
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So then d let us not sleep, as others do, but let us e keep awake and f be sober.
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For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, g are drunk at night.
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, h having put on the breastplate of i faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.
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For God has not destined us for j wrath, but k to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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l who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
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Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
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We ask you, brothers, m to respect those who labor among you and n are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. o Be at peace among yourselves.
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And we urge you, brothers, admonish p the idle, q encourage the fainthearted, r help the weak, s be patient with them all.
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See that t no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always u seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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v Rejoice always,
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w pray without ceasing,
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x give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
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y Do not quench the Spirit.
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Do not despise z prophecies,
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but a test everything; hold fast what is good.
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Abstain from every form of evil.
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Now may b the God of peace himself c sanctify you completely, and may your d whole e spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at f the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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g He who calls you is faithful; h he will surely do it.
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i Brothers, pray for us.
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j Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
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I put you under oath before the Lord to have k this letter read to all the brothers.
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l The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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Acts 17:15 - 16
Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and after receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.
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Philippians 2:19
I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.
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2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
Colossians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother.
Philemon 1:1
Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker
Hebrews 13:23
You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.
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Acts 9:16
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
Acts 14:22
Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
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1 Thessalonians 3:1 - 2
Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone.
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1 Thessalonians 3:1 - 2
Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone.
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1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
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Matthew 4:3
And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.
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Philippians 2:16
Holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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Acts 18:5
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
2 Corinthians 7:9
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
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1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
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Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
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2 Corinthians 1:4
Who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
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1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers.
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2 Timothy 1:3
I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day.
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1 Thessalonians 2:17
But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.
Romans 1:10
Always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
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2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. Your restoration is what we pray for.
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Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
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2 Thessalonians 3:5
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:10
For that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more.
Philippians 1:9
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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James 5:8
You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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Zechariah 14:5
And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
Jude 1:14
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones.
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Philippians 4:9
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me - practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Colossians 2:6
Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him.
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Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.
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Colossians 1:10
So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.
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1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.
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Romans 6:19
I am speaking in human terms, because of your n...
Romans 6:22
But now that you have been set free from sin an...
1 Corinthians 1:30
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who...
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks to God for y...
1 Timothy 2:15
Yet she will be saved through childbearing - if...
Hebrews 12:14
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the hol...
1 Peter 1:2
According to the foreknowledge of God the Fathe...
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1 Corinthians 6:18
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
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1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
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Romans 1:24
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves.
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Romans 1:26
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
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Ephesians 4:17
Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
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Psalms 79:6
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
Jeremiah 9:3
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.
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1 Corinthians 6:8
But you yourselves wrong and defraud - even your own brothers!
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Romans 13:4
For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.
1 Peter 1:15
But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.
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1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive.
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
Luke 10:16
"The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me."
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1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
1 John 4:13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1
Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
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John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me -
1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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1 Thessalonians 1:7
So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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1 Thessalonians 3:12
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you.
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Proverbs 17:14
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
Proverbs 25:8
Do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
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Acts 18:3
And because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
Ephesians 4:28
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
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Romans 13:13
Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
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Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables.
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Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead.
2 Samuel 12:20 - 23
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Mark 5:39
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.
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Ephesians 2:12
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
2 Corinthians 4:14
Knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
Revelation 1:18
And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
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1 Corinthians 15:18
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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1 Kings 13:17
For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, 'You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.'
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1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
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2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
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Joel 2:11
The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his camp is exceedingly great; he who executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very awesome; who can endure it?
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Jude 1:9
But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you.
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Matthew 24:31
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
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1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!
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2 Corinthians 12:2
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven - whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
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Daniel 7:13
I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
Acts 1:9
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
Revelation 11:12
Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.
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John 12:26
If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
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Daniel 2:21
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
Acts 1:7
He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
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2 Thessalonians 2:2
Not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 17:24
For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
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Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
Psalms 35:8
Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it - to his destruction!
Luke 17:26 - 30
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
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Isaiah 13:8
They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
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1 John 2:8
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
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Mark 13:36
Lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
Romans 13:11 - 13
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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Matthew 24:42
Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
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1 Peter 1:13
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Acts 2:15
For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
2 Peter 2:13
Suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.
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Isaiah 59:17
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.
Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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Ephesians 6:23
Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 14
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
2 Timothy 2:11
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.
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1 Corinthians 16:18
For they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men.
Philippians 2:29
So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men.
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1 Corinthians 16:16
Be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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Mark 9:50
Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
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2 Thessalonians 3:6 - 7
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.
2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
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Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who have an anxious heart, "Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.
Hebrews 12:12
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees.
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Acts 20:35
In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
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1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
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Luke 18:1
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 14:30
If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
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1 Corinthians 11:4
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
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1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Job 34:4
Let us choose what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good.
Ephesians 5:10
And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
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Romans 15:33
May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Exodus 31:13
You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
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2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
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Luke 1:46 - 47
And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
1 Corinthians 14:14
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Philippians 1:6
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
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2 Thessalonians 3:1
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you.
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.
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Romans 16:16
Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
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Colossians 4:16
And when this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea.
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Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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