Self-interpreting Bible

1 ^aPAUL, and ^bSilvanus, and ^cTimotheus, unto the church of the ^dThessalonians which is in ^eGod the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: ^fGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

• a: Acts 9 , Acts 13 - 28 , Ac. 15:40 , 2Co. 1:19 , 1Pe. 5:12 , 2Ti. 1:2 , Phi. 1:1 , Col. 1:1
• b: Ac. 15:34
• c: 1Th. 3:6
• d: Ac. 17:1 - 10 , Phi. 4:15 , Phi. 4:16
• e: 1Jn. 1:3 , Jn. 14:23 , Jn. 17:21 , Jn. 17:23 , 1Co. 1:2 , Ep. 1:1 , 1Pe. 1:2 , 2Th. 1:2
• f: Ro. 1:7 , Ga. 1:3 , Phi. 1:2 , 2Pe. 1:2 , Nu. 6:24 - 26

2 ^gWe give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

• g: Ro. 1:8 - 10 , 1Co. 1:4 - 8 , Ep. 1:15 , Ep. 1:16 , Phi. 1:3 - 11

3 Remembering without ceasing ^hyour work of faith, and labour of love, and ⁱpatience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, ^jin the sight of God and our Father;

• h: Jn. 6:27 , Jn. 6:29 , Ja. 2:17 , He. 6:10 , He. 6:12 , Ro. 12:12 , 1Co. 15:58 , Ja. 1:3 , Ja. 1:4 , 2Pe. 1:6 , Re. 2:2 , Re. 2:3
• i: Ro. 2:7
• j: Ge. 5:24 , Ge. 17:1 , Ps. 16:8 , 1Pe. 3:4 , Col. 2:2

4 ^kKnowing, ¹brethren beloved, your election of God.

• k: 2Th. 2:13 , 1Pe. 1:2 , 2Pe. 1:10 , Ep. 1:3 - 11 , Ro. 8:28 - 30 , Ro. 9:6 - 23 , Ro. 11:2 - 7 , 2Ti. 1:9 , 2Ti. 1:10
• 1: Or, beloved of God, your election.

5 For ^lour gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy ^*Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know ^mwhat ^*manner of men we were among you for your sake.

• l: Is. 55:11 , Mar. 16:20 , 2Co. 10:4 , 2Co. 10:5 , 1Co. 1:24 , 1Co. 4:20 , Ga. 3:2 , Ga. 3:5 , He. 2:3 , He. 6:11 , Tit. 3:3 - 7
• *: Ghost-Spirit. , manner-kind, sort.
• m: 1Th. 2:1 - 11 , 2Th. 3:8 , 2Th. 3:9 , Ac. 20:18 - 35 , 1Co. 2:2 - 5 , 1Co. 4:9 - 13 , 2Co. 1:12 , 2Co. 2:14 - 17 , 2Co. 3:12 , 2Co. 4:1 , 2Co. 4:2 , 2Co. 6:3 - 10 , 1Ti. 4:12 - 16 , 2Ti. 3:10 , 1Co. 9:1 - 22 , 2Co. 12:4 , 2Ti. 2:10

6 And ye ⁿbecame followers of us, and of the Lord, ^ohaving received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy ^*Ghost:

• n: 1Co. 11:1 , 1Co. 4:16 , 2Co. 8:5 , Phi. 3:17 , 2Th. 3:9
• o: 1Th. 1:5 , 1Th. 2:13 , 1Th. 2:14 , 1Th. 3:3 , 2Th. 1:4 , 2Th. 1:5 , Ac. 17:5 - 10 , Ac. 5:41 , Ac. 13:52 , He. 10:34 , Ho. 2:14
• *: Ghost-Spirit.

7 So that ye were ^p*ensamples to all that believe in ^qMacedonia and Achaia.

• p: Tit. 2:7 , 1Ti. 4:12 , 1Th. 4:10
• *: ensamples-examples, models-from within a defined group or type.
• q: Ac. 19:21

8 For from you ^rsounded out the word of the Lord ^snot only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

• r: Ro. 10:18 , 2Th. 3:1 , Is. 2:3 , Is. 11:9 , Is. 52:7 , Is. 52:15 , Is. 66:19 , Is. 66:20
• s: 1Th. 4:10 , 2Th. 1:4 , Ro. 1:8

9 For they themselves shew of us ^twhat ^*manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ^uye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

• t: 1Th. 1:5 , 1Th. 1:6 , 1Th. 2:1 , 1Th. 2:13
• *: manner-kind, sort.
• u: Ac. 14:15 , Ac. 15:19 , 1Co. 12:2 , Ga. 4:8 , Is. 2:3 , Is. 2:18 - 20 , Isaiah 35 , Isaiah 42 , Isaiah 49 , Isaiah 54 , Isaiah 60

10 And ^vto wait for his Son from heaven, ^wwhom he raised from the dead, even ^xJesus, ^ywhich delivered us from the wrath to come.

• v: Mar. 15:43 , Lu. 2:25 , 1Co. 1:7 , 2Th. 3:5 , 2Th. 1:7 , Ac. 1:11 , Ac. 3:21 , Phi. 3:20 , Re. 1:7 , He. 9:28 , Tit. 2:13 , 2Ti. 4:8 , 2Pe. 3:12 , 2Pe. 3:14 , 1Th. 4:16
• w: Ac. 2:24 , Ro. 4:25 , 1Pe. 1:21 , 1 Corinthians 15
• x: Mat. 1:21 , Mat. 3:7 , Ro. 5:9 , Ro. 5:10 , 2Th. 1:10 , 2Th. 1:11 , Re. 5:9 , 1Pe. 2:24 , 1Pe. 3:18 , Ga. 3:13 , 1Th. 5:9 , Is. 45:17 , Is. 45:22 - 25
• y: Col. 1:13