1 Thessalonians 2:8 Cross References - Murdock

⁸ so we also fondled you, and were desirous to impart to you, not the gospel of God merely, but also our own soul, because ye were dear to us.

² And the servant of a centurion, who was dear to him, was very sick, and near to death.

²³ except that the Holy Spirit in every city, testifieth to me and saith: Bonds and afflictions await thee. ²⁴ But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

¹¹ For I long much to see you; and to impart to you the gift of the Spirit, whereby ye may be established; ¹² and that we may have comfort together, in the faith of both yourselves and me.

¹ I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit; ² that I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing. ³ For I have prayed, that I myself might be accursed from Messiah, for my brethren and my kinsmen in the flesh:

¹ My Brethren, The desire of my heart, and my intercession with God for them, is, that they might have life.

²⁹ And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Messiah.

¹ And as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you.

¹¹ O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded. ¹² Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. ¹³ I speak as to my children, Pay me the debt which ye owe, and expand your love towards me.

¹⁵ And cheerfully will I both pay my expenses, and also give myself for your souls; although the more I love you, the less ye love me.

¹⁹ Ye are my children, of whom I travail in birth again, till the Messiah be formed in you.

⁸ For God is my witness, how I love you in the bowels of Jesus the Messiah.

¹⁷ And if I should be made a libation upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and exult with you all.

²⁰ For I have no other one here, who, like my self, will sincerely care for your welfare.

²⁵ But now, a circumstance urged me to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother who is an assistant and laborer with me, but is your legate and minister to my wants. ²⁶ For he longed to see you all, and was anxious, because he knew ye had heard, that he was sick.

¹ Wherefore, my beloved and dear brethren, my joy and my crown!-so stand ye fast in our Lord, my beloved!

⁷ as ye learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant, who is for you a faithful minister of the Messiah;

²⁸ whom we proclaim, and teach and make known to every man, in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Jesus the Messiah.

¹² Epaphras saluteth you, who is from among you, a servant of the Messiah, always laboring for you in prayer, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the good pleasure of God.

¹ These things speak thou, and exhort, and inculcate, with all authority; and let no one despise thee.

¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you.

¹⁶ By this we know his love towards us, because he gave up his life for us: and we also ought to give up our lives for our brethren.