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1 Thessalonians · read by Richard Owen Roberts
19 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard read aloud are shown.
1 Thessalonians 2
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.Read from NASB1995 · Seeking Gods Face
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.Read from NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin
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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 NASB1995 · The Legal Limit on Sin