1 Thessalonians 1:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the Thessalonians united with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

²⁷ »We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things in person.

³² Judas and Silas, being prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers. ³³ After they stayed there a while in peace, the brothers sent them back to the apostles.

⁴⁰ Paul chose Silas, and departed, being entrusted by the brothers to the grace of God.

¹ Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra where he saw a disciple named Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman, and his father was a Greek. ² The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. ³ Paul wanted to have him travel with him. So he had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in the area. For they knew that his father was a Greek.

¹⁹ When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

²⁵ Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God at midnight. The prisoners were listening to them.

²⁹ The jailer called for lights. He rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

¹ They passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ² Paul went in, for it was his custom. He reasoned with them from the Scriptures for three Sabbath days. ³ He explained and proved that Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. And that Jesus is the Messiah. ⁴ Some of them were convinced (believed) and joined with Paul and Silas. A large crowd of the devout Greeks and of the prominent women also joined. ⁵ The Jews were moved with jealousy so they gathered bad people who organized a crowd for a riot. They assaulted the house of Jason in order to bring them out to the crowd. ⁶ When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: »These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.« ⁷ Jason welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. ⁸ The crowd and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things. ⁹ They made Jason post bond and they let them go.

¹¹ The Bereans were nobler than those in Thessalonica because they received the word with all readiness of mind and examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul told them was true.

¹³ When the Jews of Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Beroea, they went there and stirred up the crowds and caused trouble. ¹⁴ The brothers immediately sent Paul to the sea. Silas and Timothy stayed at Beroea. ¹⁵ Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens. He sent orders to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible.

⁵ Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia. He witnessed to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

²² He sent two of his helpers Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia. He stayed in Asia for a while.

⁴ Those who accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

⁷ To all who are in Rome, beloved of God and called to be holy ones: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

² To the congregation of God at Corinth. To you, who are sanctified in Christ Jesus. You who are called to be holy ones, with all whom in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. He is both their Lord and ours.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we, preached among you even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him is yes.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the congregation of God at Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia:

²² I was still unknown by face to the congregations of Judea that are in Christ.

² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, ² And from the brothers who are with me, to the congregations of Galatia:

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones in union with Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and ministerial servants:

¹ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the people of the congregation in Thessalonica, who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ² to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

² to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²³ Do you know that brother Timothy has been released? If he comes shortly, I will see you.

³ We declare to you what we have seen and heard. This way you may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ!

¹² By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast.

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: