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1 Thessalonians · read by Chuck Smith
57 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
1 Thessalonians 1
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We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayersRead from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
1 Thessalonians 2
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
1 Thessalonians 3
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We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
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so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 1-3
1 Thessalonians 4
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For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.Read from KJV · The End of Time
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For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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Therefore encourage one another with these words.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
1 Thessalonians 5
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Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.Read from KJV · The End of Time
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For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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While people are saying, "Peace and security," destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.Read from KJV · The End of Time
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But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.Read from KJV · The End of Time
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So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The End of Time
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He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5
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I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Thessalonians 4-5