1 Thessalonians 1:5

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you for all your days.

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

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and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?” The man of God answered, “Yahweh is able to give you much more than this.”

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

To them it was revealed, that they served not to themselves, but to you, in these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,

In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God;

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

Now these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to think beyond the things which are written, that none of you be puffed up against one another.

For God’s Kingdom is not in word, but in power.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

which has come to you, even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth,

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the offspring of David, according to my Good News,

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

But you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts: