2 Thessalonians 1:4 Cross References - BBE

⁴ So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

⁷ To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

³ And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting; ⁴ And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope: ⁵ And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

²⁵ But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

¹² Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

¹⁷ Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

¹⁴ For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.

² For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.

⁴ For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we not to say, you might be put to shame in this thing.

³ Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

¹⁴ For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming?

² We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith; ³ So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us. ⁴ And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see. ⁵ For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing. ⁶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you; ⁷ For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith; ⁸ For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

⁵ And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ.

¹⁵ And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

³⁶ For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

¹ For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us, ² Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power. ³ Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.

³ Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope; ⁴ But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

⁷ Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. ⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

¹¹ We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

⁶ And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

¹² Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.