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1 Thessalonians 2:13

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thank: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3; Romans 1:8-9

because: Jeremiah 44:16; Matthew 10:13-14, Matthew 10:40; Acts 2:41, Acts 10:33, Acts 13:45, Acts 13:48, Acts 16:14, Acts 16:30-34; Acts 17:11, Acts 17:18-20, Acts 17:32; Galatians 4:14; 2 Peter 3:2

the word of God: Jeremiah 23:28-29; Luke 5:1, Luke 8:11, Luke 8:21, Luke 11:28; Acts 8:14, Acts 13:44, Acts 13:46; Romans 10:17; Hebrews 4:12; 1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 1:16-21

effectually: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; John 15:3, John 17:17, John 17:19; Romans 6:17-18; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:6; Hebrews 4:12; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23, 1 Peter 2:2; 1 John 3:3, 1 John 5:4-5

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