1 Thessalonians 2

1 Thessalonians 2:1

• For you
• You

• yourselves know,
• know,

• brothers, that
• brethren, that
• brothers and sisters, that
• brothers,

• our

• visit to
• coming to
• visit with
• time with

• you was

• not a
• not in
• not
• not without

• vain.
• vain,
• vain;
• failure.
• wasted.
• waste of time.
• result.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

• but after we
• We

• had

• already
• previously

• suffered and
• suffered before and

• been

• mistreated in
• shamefully treated in
• insulted in

• Philippi, as you

• know,
• know, but
• know; but

• we

• had the
• were

• courage in
• bold in
• boldness in

• our

• God, to
• God to

• speak to
• tell
• declare to

• you the gospel of

• God in
• God amid

• much

• opposition.
• conflict.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

• for our
• For our
• Our

• exhortation
• appeal
• appeal to you

• is
• does
• did

• not
• not of

• come from error or
• error, nor of

• uncleanness, nor in
• impurity or with

• deceit;
• deceit.
• deceit,
• deception.
• guile:
• guile,
• guile;

1 Thessalonians 2:4

• but just as
• Rather,

• we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we

• speak;
• speak,

• not to
• not as
• not

• please
• pleasing
• trying to please

• people, but
• people but
• men but
• men, but
• men, but to
• people, but to

• God, who
• God who
• please God who
• please God, who

• tests
• examines

• our

• hearts.
• motives.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

• For we never

• came with
• used

• flattering
• words of

• speech, as
• words, as
• flattery, as

• you

• know, nor with a
• know, nor a
• know, or with a

• pretext for
• cloak for
• cloak of

• greed,
• greed—
• covetousness—
• covetousness,

• God is

• witness!
• witness,
• witness;
• witness—
• witness.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

• We

• did
• were

• n’t
• not

• seek
• looking for

• praise from
• glory from

• human beings, either from
• people, either from
• people—

• you or from
• you or

• others.
• others,
• others—
• anyone else—
• anyone else,
• anyone else.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

• but we
• But we
• Instead, we

• were
• proved to be

• gentle among you. We were like a mother caring for her

• own
• little

• children,
• children.

1 Thessalonians 2:8

• We
• Because we

• loved

• you
• you,
• you, that
• you that

• we were happy to share God’s Good News with

• you
• you,
• you. But

• not

• only that,
• only that—

• we were also happy to share even our own lives with you.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

• [Translation pending]

1 Thessalonians 2:10

• You are witnesses, and so is

• God, how
• God, of how

• holy,
• devoutly and
• pure,

• righteously and
• righteously, and
• righteous and
• upright, and

• blamelessly
• blameless

• we
• our conduct

• behaved toward
• were among
• was toward

• you
• you who

• believers.
• believers;
• believers—
• believe:
• believe.
• believe;
• believe,

1 Thessalonians 2:11

• as you
• As you
• You
• For you
• just as you

• know that
• know,
• know how

• we treated each one of

• you like a
• you, like a

• father with

• his own
• his

• children.
• children,

1 Thessalonians 2:12

• exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that

• you to
• you

• conduct
• live
• live in a

• lives

• worthy of
• worthy of the

• God, who
• God who

• calls
• is calling

• you into
• you to

• His own
• his own
• his

• Kingdom and
• kingdom and

• glory.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

• We
• For this reason we
• And we

• also

• thank
• give thanks to

• God

• constantly, that when
• constantly that when

• you received the word of

• God, which
• God which
• God that

• you heard from us, you

• accepted
• welcomed

• it
• it,

• not as the word of men, but as it

• really
• truly

• is!—the
• is, the

• word of

• God, which
• God which
• God, which also

• is at
• is
• works

• work in

• you who
• you

• believe.
• believers.
• believers!

1 Thessalonians 2:14

• For you,

• brothers,
• brethren,

• became imitators of the churches of God in Christ

• Jesus that
• Jesus which

• are in

• Christ Jesus:
• Christ Jesus.
• Judea.
• Judea; because
• Judea, because
• Judea; for
• Judea. For
• Judea, for

• you
• You

• suffered the
• also suffered the
• too suffered the

• same things from your own

• countrymen as
• countrymen,
• people as
• compatriots as

• they
• just as they

• did from the
• suffered from the

• Jews
• Jews.
• Jews;
• Jews—
• Jews,

1 Thessalonians 2:15

• Who killed both the
• who killed both the
• who killed the

• Lord Jesus and the

• prophets and
• prophets, and
• prophets, and who
• prophets and who

• drove
• persecuted

• us out. They
• us severely. They are
• us; they

• do not please
• displease
• displeasing to
• are not pleasing to

• God and
• God, and
• God.
• God;

• are contrary to all
• are opposed to all
• are hostile to
• oppose all
• they are against all
• They are against all

• men
• men.
• men;
• men,
• everyone,
• everyone!
• everyone.
• everyone
• people.
• people;
• people,
• mankind
• mankind,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

• hindering
• forbidding
• They try to stop

• us from
• us to

• speaking to the
• speak to the

• Gentiles so that
• Gentiles that
• Gentiles so

• they

• may
• might

• be

• saved—
• saved,

• so as always to fill up the measure of their

• sins, but
• sins. But
• sins; but
• sins. But the

• wrath has

• come upon
• overtaken
• come to
• come on

• them at
• them to the

• last!
• last.
• end!
• end.
• uttermost.

1 Thessalonians 2:17

• Brothers and sisters, we were separated from you for a short

• time (in
• time in
• time, in

• person,
• person
• presence,

• not in

• heart,
• heart—

• we were all the more

• eager with
• eager, with

• great

• desire to
• desire, to

• see

• you
• you in
• your

• person.
• again.
• face.
• face,
• face to face;
• face to face,
• face to face.

1 Thessalonians 2:18

• We
• For we
• because we
• So we

• wanted to come to

• you.
• you,
• you—
• you;

• I
• I,
• even I,
• certainly I,

• Paul
• Paul,
• Paul, tried

• more than
• again and
• time and
• once and

• once but
• once—but
• once, but
• again—but

• Satan

• hindered
• stopped
• thwarted
• prevented
• blocked

• us.
• our way.

1 Thessalonians 2:19

• For what is
• For who is
• You are
• Who is

• our

• hope or
• hope, or
• hope,
• hope, our

• joy or
• joy, or

• crown of
• crown to

• boasting before our Lord

• Jesus, at
• Jesus at
• Jesus when

• his
• His
• he

• coming?
• comes?

• Is it not

• you?
• you!

1 Thessalonians 2:20

• for you
• For you
• You
• Yes: you
• Yes, you
• Indeed, you

• are our

• glory and
• pride and

• joy!
• joy.
• our joy!
• our joy.