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1 Thessalonians 2:1

Marginal References

  • +Ac 17:1; 2Th 3:8
  • +Ac 17:4

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “we were made outspoken.”

Marginal References

  • +Ac 16:22
  • +Ac 16:37
  • +Ac 16:12
  • +Ac 17:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 59

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2009, p. 20

    7/15/2008, pp. 8-9

    12/15/1999, pp. 23-25

    Bearing Witness, p. 133

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 59; w09 7/15 20; bt 133; w08 7/15 8-9; w99 12/15 23-25

1 Thessalonians 2:3

Marginal References

  • +1Th 4:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1973, p. 575

  • Publications Index

    w73 575

1 Thessalonians 2:4

Marginal References

  • +1Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3
  • +Ga 1:10
  • +Pr 17:3; Jer 11:20; 1Co 4:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1977, p. 661

  • Publications Index

    w77 661

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Footnotes

  • *

    “False front.” Lit., “pretense.”

Marginal References

  • +Pr 28:23; 29:5
  • +Mr 12:40
  • +Ac 20:33; Col 3:5; 2Pe 2:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1977, p. 294

    3/1/1965, pp. 131-132

    7/15/1963, pp. 424-425

    6/15/1961, pp. 366-367

  • Publications Index

    w77 294; w65 131; w63 424; w61 367

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Footnotes

  • *

    “Be an expensive burden.” Or, “wield authority; insist on our importance.”

Marginal References

  • +Joh 5:41, 44
  • +2Co 11:9; 2Th 3:8, 10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    7/8/1979, p. 28

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1977, p. 446

  • Publications Index

    g79 7/8 28; w77 446

1 Thessalonians 2:7

Footnotes

  • *

    “Gentle,” AVgSyh,p; אBC*D*Vgc, “babes.”

Marginal References

  • +1Ki 3:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 923-924

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2000, p. 22

    9/15/1989, p. 17

    10/1/1986, p. 10

    5/1/1986, p. 25

    2/15/1978, pp. 4-5

    2/1/1977, pp. 69-70

    11/1/1965, pp. 643-644

    10/15/1963, pp. 639-640

    4/1/1963, pp. 211-212

    3/1/1963, pp. 149-151

    8/15/1962, pp. 499-500

    6/1/1962, pp. 339-340

    11/15/1961, pp. 675-676

    6/1/1961, pp. 327-328

    2/15/1961, pp. 111-113

    Awake!,

    9/8/1982, p. 17

    7/8/1979, p. 28

    Choosing, p. 146

  • Publications Index

    it-1 923-924; w00 11/15 22; w89 9/15 17; w86 5/1 25; w86 10/1 10;

    g82 9/8 17; bw 146; g79 7/8 28; w78 2/15 4; w77 69-70; ad 646; w65 644; w63 150, 212, 640; w62 340, 500; w61 112, 328, 676

1 Thessalonians 2:8

Footnotes

  • *

    Or, “lives.”

Marginal References

  • +2Co 12:15
  • +Joh 15:13
  • +Joh 13:35

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2000, p. 22

    10/1/1986, p. 10

    2/15/1978, pp. 4-5

    3/15/1975, pp. 177-179

    6/1/1974, p. 338

    3/1/1963, pp. 149-151

    8/15/1962, pp. 499-500

    6/1/1962, pp. 337-339

    11/15/1961, pp. 675-676

    2/15/1961, pp. 111-113

    1/15/1961, pp. 54-55

  • Publications Index

    w00 11/15 22; w86 10/1 10;

    w78 2/15 4; w75 177-179; w74 338; w63 150; w62 338, 500; w61 55, 112, 676

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Marginal References

  • +Ac 18:3; 20:34; 1Co 4:12
  • +2Co 11:9; 2Th 3:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1982, p. 21

    3/15/1975, pp. 177-179

    12/1/1953, pp. 709-711

    4/15/1951, pp. 249-251

    Awake!,

    1/8/1974, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    w82 12/1 21; w75 177-179; g74 1/8 28; g65 12/8 12; g62 9/8 4; w53 710; w51 250

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Marginal References

  • +Heb 13:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1973, p. 473

  • Publications Index

    w73 473

1 Thessalonians 2:11

Marginal References

  • +1Co 4:15
  • +Ac 20:31

1 Thessalonians 2:12

Marginal References

  • +Ga 5:16; Eph 4:1; Col 1:10; 1Pe 1:15
  • +1Th 5:24; 2Th 1:11; 1Pe 5:10
  • +Lu 22:29

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Footnotes

  • *

    Or, “who.”

Marginal References

  • +1Th 1:2
  • +Ac 11:1; Heb 4:12
  • +Ga 1:11
  • +Php 2:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 5

    Awake!,

    10/8/1979, p. 3

    Holy Spirit, pp. 128-129

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1973, p. 150

    10/15/1970, pp. 613-614

    1/1/1960, pp. 6-7

    ‘Know Jehovah’, p. 292

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 5;

    g79 10/8 3; hs 128; w73 150; kj 292; w70 613-614; g61 11/22 28; w60 7

1 Thessalonians 2:14

Footnotes

  • *

    Or, “portrayers.”

Marginal References

  • +Joh 15:19; Ac 17:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 438

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1961, pp. 138-140

    6/1/1951, pp. 345-346

  • Publications Index

    it-1 438;

    ad 315; w61 139; w51 345

1 Thessalonians 2:15

Marginal References

  • +Ac 2:23
  • +Mt 5:12; Ac 7:52
  • +Mt 23:34; Ac 21:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    5/22/1973, p. 27

  • Publications Index

    g73 5/22 27

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Footnotes

  • *

    Or, “as they keep on forbidding.”

  • *

    “The,” אAB; DVg, “God’s.”

  • *

    Or, “to the end.”

Marginal References

  • +Lu 11:52; Ac 13:50
  • +Ro 10:9
  • +Ge 15:16; Mt 23:32
  • +Ro 1:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “Eternal Purpose,” p. 173

    Awake!,

    5/22/1973, p. 27

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/1962, pp. 232-233

  • Publications Index

    po 173; g73 5/22 27; w62 233

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “having been orphaned off.”

  • *

    Or, “for a season of an hour.” Lit., “toward an appointed time of an hour.”

Marginal References

  • +Ro 1:11

1 Thessalonians 2:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Man’s Salvation, p. 355

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1951, pp. 376-378

  • Publications Index

    sl 355; w51 377; w41 253

1 Thessalonians 2:19

Footnotes

  • *

    See App 5B.

Marginal References

  • +Php 4:1; 2Th 1:4
  • +1Th 3:13; 5:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 553

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1984, p. 17

    3/15/1975, p. 183

    6/1/1966, pp. 339-340

  • Publications Index

    it-1 553;

    w84 8/1 17; w75 183; w66 340

1 Thessalonians 2:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1984, p. 17

    3/15/1975, p. 183

    6/1/1966, pp. 339-340

  • Publications Index

    w84 8/1 17; w75 183; w66 340

Parallel Translations

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General

1 Thess. 2:1Ac 17:1; 2Th 3:8
1 Thess. 2:1Ac 17:4
1 Thess. 2:2Ac 16:22
1 Thess. 2:2Ac 16:37
1 Thess. 2:2Ac 16:12
1 Thess. 2:2Ac 17:2
1 Thess. 2:31Th 4:7
1 Thess. 2:41Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3
1 Thess. 2:4Ga 1:10
1 Thess. 2:4Pr 17:3; Jer 11:20; 1Co 4:5
1 Thess. 2:5Pr 28:23; 29:5
1 Thess. 2:5Mr 12:40
1 Thess. 2:5Ac 20:33; Col 3:5; 2Pe 2:3
1 Thess. 2:6Joh 5:41, 44
1 Thess. 2:62Co 11:9; 2Th 3:8, 10
1 Thess. 2:71Ki 3:26
1 Thess. 2:82Co 12:15
1 Thess. 2:8Joh 15:13
1 Thess. 2:8Joh 13:35
1 Thess. 2:9Ac 18:3; 20:34; 1Co 4:12
1 Thess. 2:92Co 11:9; 2Th 3:8
1 Thess. 2:10Heb 13:18
1 Thess. 2:111Co 4:15
1 Thess. 2:11Ac 20:31
1 Thess. 2:12Ga 5:16; Eph 4:1; Col 1:10; 1Pe 1:15
1 Thess. 2:121Th 5:24; 2Th 1:11; 1Pe 5:10
1 Thess. 2:12Lu 22:29
1 Thess. 2:131Th 1:2
1 Thess. 2:13Ac 11:1; Heb 4:12
1 Thess. 2:13Ga 1:11
1 Thess. 2:13Php 2:13
1 Thess. 2:14Joh 15:19; Ac 17:5
1 Thess. 2:15Ac 2:23
1 Thess. 2:15Mt 5:12; Ac 7:52
1 Thess. 2:15Mt 23:34; Ac 21:13
1 Thess. 2:16Lu 11:52; Ac 13:50
1 Thess. 2:16Ro 10:9
1 Thess. 2:16Ge 15:16; Mt 23:32
1 Thess. 2:16Ro 1:18
1 Thess. 2:17Ro 1:11
1 Thess. 2:19Php 4:1; 2Th 1:4
1 Thess. 2:191Th 3:13; 5:23
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20

1 Thessalonians

2 To be sure, YOU yourselves know, brothers, how our visit+ to YOU has not been without results,+ 2 but how, after we had first suffered+ and been insolently treated+ (just as YOU know) in Phi·lipʹpi,+ we mustered up boldness* by means of our God to speak+ to YOU the good news of God with a great deal of struggling. 3 For the exhortation we give does not arise from error or from uncleanness+ or with deceit, 4 but, just as we have been proved by God as fit to be entrusted+ with the good news, so we speak, as pleasing,+ not men, but God, who makes proof of our hearts.+

5 In fact, at no time have we turned up either with flattering speech,+ (just as YOU know) or with a false front*+ for covetousness,+ God is witness! 6 Neither have we been seeking glory from men,+ no, either from YOU or from others, though we could be an expensive burden*+ as apostles of Christ. 7 To the contrary, we became gentle* in the midst of YOU, as when a nursing mother cherishes+ her own children. 8 So, having a tender affection for YOU,+ we were well pleased to impart to YOU, not only the good news of God, but also our own souls,*+ because YOU became beloved+ to us.

9 Certainly YOU bear in mind, brothers, our labor and toil. It was with working+ night and day, so as not to put an expensive burden upon any one of YOU,+ that we preached the good news of God to YOU. 10 YOU are witnesses, God is also, how loyal and righteous and unblamable+ we proved to be to YOU believers. 11 In harmony with that YOU well know how, as a father+ does his children, we kept exhorting+ each one of YOU, and consoling and bearing witness to YOU, 12 to the end that YOU should go on walking+ worthily of God who is calling+ YOU to his kingdom+ and glory.

13 Indeed, that is why we also thank God incessantly,+ because when YOU received God’s word,+ which YOU heard from us, YOU accepted it, not as the word of men,+ but, just as it truthfully is, as the word of God, which* is also at work in YOU believers.+ 14 For YOU became imitators,* brothers, of the congregations of God that are in Ju·deʹa in union with Christ Jesus, because YOU also began suffering+ at the hands of YOUR own countrymen the same things as they also [are suffering] at the hands of the Jews, 15 who killed even the Lord Jesus+ and the prophets+ and persecuted us.+ Furthermore, they are not pleasing God, but are against [the interests of] all men, 16 as they try to hinder*+ us from speaking to people of the nations that these might be saved,+ with the result that they always fill up the measure+ of their sins. But his* wrath has at length* come upon them.+

17 As for ourselves, brothers, when we were bereaved* of YOU for but a short time,* in person, not in heart, we endeavored far more than is usual to see YOUR faces with great desire.+ 18 For this reason we wanted to come to YOU, yes, I Paul, both once and a second time, but Satan cut across our path. 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown+ of exultation—why, is it not in fact YOU?—before our Lord Jesus at his presence?*+ 20 YOU certainly are our glory and joy.

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