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1 Thessalonians · read by G.W. North
35 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. read aloud are shown.
1 Thessalonians 1
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because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.Read from KJV · Second Coming
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and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.Read from KJV · Second Coming
1 Thessalonians 2
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On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.Read from KJV · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?Read from KJV · Second Coming
1 Thessalonians 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 · Second Coming
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For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.Read from NKJV · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.Read from KJV · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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 · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.Read from KJV · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.Read from KJV · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
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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 · Second Coming
1 Thessalonians 5
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Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Read from KJV · The Inward Man
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I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.Read from KJV · Second Coming