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1 Thessalonians 2:6

6 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

5 You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness.

1 Thessalonians 1-4

1 Paul, Silas and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace and peace to you.

Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

4 For we know, brothers and sisters[b]loved by God, that he has chosen you,

2 Thessalonians 3:2

2 and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people; for not all have faith.

2 Thessalonians 3:8 

8 and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it; but with toil and labour we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you.

2 Thessalonians 3:16

Final Greetings and Benediction

16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.

Proverbs 25:11

Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Joel 1:12

The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men.

Deuteronomy 32:10

"He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings