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1 Thessalonians · read by Willie Mullan
54 verses, in order. Only the verses Willie read aloud are shown.
1 Thessalonians 1
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Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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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 KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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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 NKJV · (1 Thessalonians) Marked Differentiations and Exortations
1 Thessalonians 2
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.Read from KJV · Feed the Flock of God
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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 KJV · Feed the Flock of God
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For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 · Feed the Flock of God
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
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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 · (Happenings Ahead) Regenerated at the Judgement Seat
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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 · (Happenings Ahead) Regenerated at the Judgement Seat
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Past Acts of Paul at Thessalonica
1 Thessalonians 3
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So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Part
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Concern for the Converts
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Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Paul's Concern for the Converts
1 Thessalonians 4
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For it is God's will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Practical Results of Christianity
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each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Practical Results of Christianity
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For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Practical Results of Christianity
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Practical Results of Christianity
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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 · (Revelation) the Resurrection of the Saints
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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 · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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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 · (Revelation) the Wrath of God
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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 · (Happenings Ahead) the Resurrection of the Belivers Body
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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 · (Happenings Ahead) the Man of Sin and the Scarlet Woman
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Therefore encourage one another with these words.Read from KJV · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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 · (1 Thessalonians) Marked Differentiations and Exortations
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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 · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.Read from KJV · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.Read from KJV · (1 Thessalonians) Marked Differentiations and Exortations
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For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.Read from KJV · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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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 KJV · Pilgrims Problems No. 12 the Great Tribulation
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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 · (1 Thessalonians) Marked Differentiations and Exortations
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In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.Read from NKJV · The Eternal Spirit the Fullness of the Holy Spirit
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Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.Read from KJV · The Eternal Spirit the Fullness of the Holy Spirit
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but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.Read from KJV · Pilgrims Problems No. 16 Private Interpretation
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Brothers, pray for us as well.Read from NASB1995 · (2 Thessalonians) What Paul Desires of All Saints
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Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.Read from NASB1995 · (1 Thessalonians) Marked Differentiations and Exortations