1 Thessalonians 2:14

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him and doesn’t know him.

The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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.

Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith with power,

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

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

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

I was still unknown by face to the assemblies of Judea which were in Christ,

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

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.

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”

I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Beroea also, they came there likewise, agitating the multitudes.

who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

how in much proof of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their generosity.

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

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:

This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.

Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.