1 Thessalonians 2:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ They hindered us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved. The result was that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

¹⁶ »They shall come back here in the fourth generation. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.«

²² »Turn to me and be saved! Turn to me all who live at the ends of the earth for I am God, and there is no other.

³⁰ »I will show wonders in the sky and on the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. ³¹ »The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!

⁶ I asked: »What is it?« And he replied: »This is the ephah measure that goes forth. This is their appearance in all the land« ⁷ A round flat weight made of lead was lifted up. There was a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah measure. ⁸ He said: »This is Wickedness.« He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening.

¹ Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: »The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.

⁵ »Behold! I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible Day of Jehovah comes.

⁴⁵ »Then it takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself. They enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. It will also be like this with this evil generation.«

⁷ He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. »You offspring of vipers,« he said, »who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ »Bear fruit worthy of repentance! ⁹ »Do not presume that Abraham is your father. I tell you that God can make descendants for Abraham from these stones! ¹⁰ »The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

¹² »His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.«

⁴¹ They all said: »He will put those cruel men to death. Then he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give him fruit when it is ready.« ⁴² Jesus said to them: »Have you read the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has been made the chief cornerstone of the building. This was Jehovah’s doing, and it is wonderful in our eyes.’ (Isaiah 28:16) ⁴³ »For this reason I tell you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you. It will be given to a nation producing fruit. ⁴⁴ »Any man falling on this stone will be broken. Any man having this stone fall on him will be crushed to dust.«

⁶ »The rest violently attacked his servants and put them to death. ⁷ »The king was angry, and sent his armies to put the evil servants to death and to destroy their town with fire.

³² »Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers.

⁶ »You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Do not be troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

¹⁴ »The good news of the kingdom will be preached in the entire world for a witness to all the nations and then the end will come.

²¹ »There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any has ever been from the beginning of the world until now. ²² »Unless those days are shortened, no flesh will be saved. For the sake of the chosen ones (selected individuals), those days will be shortened.

¹⁶ »He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who does not believe will be condemned.

⁵⁰ »The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation. ⁵¹ »This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it will be required of this generation.

⁴² He said: »If you only knew today the things needed to bring peace! But they are hidden from your eyes. ⁴³ »The time is coming when your enemies will surround you and blockade you with a rampart (wall) on all sides. They will close in on you. ⁴⁴ »They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What’s more you do not know when this visit will take place.«

²⁰ »When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies you will know that desolation is near. ²¹ »Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her leave. And let no one from the country enter. ²² »These are days of vengeance! All things written will be fulfilled. ²³ »Woe to those who are pregnant and those who nurse a child in those days! There will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people. ²⁴ »They will be killed by the edge of the sword. Some will be led captive into all the nations. The people of the nations will tread down Jerusalem until the time of the Nations is fulfilled.

¹² »There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.«

² When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who favored circumcision argued with him. ³ They said: »You went to the uncircumcised and ate with them.«

¹⁷ »Since God gave them the same gift as he gave to us who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?« ¹⁸ When they heard this they objected no more and praised God, saying: »God has granted the people of the nations repentance to life.«

⁴⁵ When the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with envy. They spoke against those things Paul spoke. They contradicted and blasphemed him.

⁵⁰ The Jews incited the devout and honorable women and the leading men of the city. They caused persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their coasts.

² The unbelieving Jews stirred up the people of the nations and poisoned their minds against the brothers.

⁵ Then some of the people of the nations and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.

¹⁹ Jews from Antioch and Iconium took control of the crowd. They persuaded the people to stone Paul. Then they threw him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

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.«

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.

¹² When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. ¹³ They said: »This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.«

⁹ Some were obstinate and publicly maligned The Way before the crowds. He departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

²⁷ When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple stirred up the entire crowd and laid hands on him. ²⁸ They shouted: »Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and defiled this holy place.« ²⁹ They had previously been with him in the city Trophimus the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the Temple. ³⁰ The entire city was aroused, and the people ran together from all directions. They laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the Temple. Immediately the doors were shut. ³¹ They were seeking to kill him when tidings came to the military commander of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

²¹ »The Lord said: ‘Go! I will send you far away to the people of the nations.’ ²² The people listened to Paul until he said this. Then they shouted at the top of their voices: »Away with him! Kill him! He is not fit to live!«

¹³ »Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.« (Joel 2:32) ¹⁴ How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone to preach? ¹⁵ How will they preach unless they have been sent? Just as it is written: »How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace and who bring good tidings of good things! For they proclaim salvation and say to Zion: »Your God reigns as king!« (Hebrew: Elohiym’ malak’: God rules!) (Isaiah 52:7)

¹¹ But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then has the stumbling block of the stake been done away?

⁸ To me, the very least of all the holy ones, was given grace (loving divine influence) to preach to the people of the nations the untraceable riches of Christ.

¹³ So I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory.

¹⁰ and to wait for his Son to come from heaven, his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God’s anger (indignation) that is to come.

¹⁰ He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

⁴ It is God’s desire that all men have salvation and come to the full (precise) (accurate) (correct) knowledge (Greek: epignosis: recognition, discernment) of the truth.

⁸ That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.

²⁷ But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fiery indignation, which will devour God’s enemies. ²⁸ He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ What about those who despise the Son of God? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the punishment they deserve will be! ³⁰ We know who said: »Vengeance is mine; I will repay«; and who also said, »Jehovah will judge his people.« (Deuteronomy 32:35)

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up your treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts. ⁵ You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one. He does not resist you.

¹¹ »He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. And he who is filthy, let him be filthy still. And he who is righteous, let him be righteous still. And he who is holy, let him be holy still.