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We Give Thanks For Your Faith And Love And Endurance

We are giving-thanks to God always for you all while making mention of you in our prayers, unceasingly[a] remembering your work of [b] faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father; knowing, brothers having been loved by God, your election[c],

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Or, prayers unceasingly, remembering.
  2. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 That is, proceeding from, characterized by.
  3. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 Or, selection, choosing.

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

We always thank God for all of you(A) and continually mention you in our prayers.(B) We remember before our God and Father(C) your work produced by faith,(D) your labor prompted by love,(E) and your endurance inspired by hope(F) in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For we know, brothers and sisters[a] loved by God,(G) that he has chosen you,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 2:1, 9, 14, 17; 3:7; 4:1, 10, 13; 5:1, 4, 12, 14, 25, 27.