1 Thessalonians 1:3 Cross References - Rotherham

³ Unceasingly, remembering––your work of faith and labour of love and endurance of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

²⁰ So Jacob served for Rachel––seven years,––and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.

²⁶ For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness,––whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

⁷ Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it,––If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. [****]

²⁷ Be working, not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth unto life age–abiding,––which, the Son of Man, unto you, will give; for upon, the same, hath the Father, even God, set his seal.
²⁸ They said, therefore, unto him––What are we to do, that we may be working the works of God? ²⁹ Jesus answered, and said unto them––This, is the work of God: that ye believe on him whom, he, hath sent forth.

¹⁵ If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him. ²² Judas, not the Iscariot, saith unto him––Lord! what hath happened, that, unto us, thou art about to manifest thyself, and, not unto the world? ²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––If any man be loving me, my word, he will keep, and, my Father, will love him,––and, unto him, will we come, and, an abode with him, will we make.

¹⁰ If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love,––just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, and abide in his love.

¹⁵ When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter––Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him––Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him––Be feeding my lambs. ¹⁶ He saith unto him, again, the second time––Simon, son of John! lovest thou me? He saith unto him––Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee. He saith unto him––Be shepherding my sheep. ¹⁷ He saith unto him, the third time––Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him––Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him––Be feeding my sheep.

¹⁹ Repent ye, therefore, and turn,––unto the blotting out of your sins; to the end that in that case, there may come seasons of refreshing from the face of the Lord,

³¹ And saith––Cornelius! thy prayer hath been heard, and, thine alms, have been remembered before God.

⁷ Unto them, on the one hand, who, by way of endurance in good work, are seeking, glory, honour and incorruption, life age–abiding,

³ And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance. ⁴ And, our endurance, a testing, and, our testing, hope, ⁵ And, our hope, putteth not to shame. Because, the love of God, hath been poured out in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit that hath been given unto us:

²⁴ For, by our hope, have we been saved,––but, hope beheld, is not hope, for, what one beholdeth, why doth he hope for? ²⁵ If, however, what we do not behold we hope for, with endurance, are we ardently awaiting [it]; ––

¹² In hope, rejoicing, in tribulation, enduring, in prayer, persevering,

⁴ Whatsoever things, in fact, were written aforetime, [all] for our own instruction were written,––in order that, through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have their hope.

¹³ Now, the God of the hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of Holy Spirit.

⁶ Salute Mary––who, indeed, hath toiled much for you.

²⁶ But now made manifest, and through means of prophetic scriptures, according to the command of the age–abiding God, for obedience of faith unto all the nations made known,

⁴ Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ Acteth not unbecomingly, seeketh not her own things, is not easily provoked, imputeth not that which is base, ⁶ Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,–– ⁷ All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

¹³ But, now abide––faith, hope, love,––these three; but, the greatest of these, is, love.

⁵⁸ So, then, my beloved brethren,––become ye, steadfast, immovable, superabounding in the work of the Lord, at all times; knowing that, your toil, is not in vain in the Lord.

¹⁷ For we are not, as the many, driving a petty trade with the word of God; but, as of sincerity, but, as of God, before God, in Christ, we speak.

¹⁴ For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; –– Having judged this,––that, one, in behalf of all, died, hence, they all, died; ¹⁵ and, in behalf of all, died he,––in order that, they who live, no longer for themselves, should live, but for him who, in their behalf, died and rose again.

⁷ But, just as, in everything, ye superabound,––in faith, and discourse, and knowledge, and all earnestness, and in the love among you which proceedeth from us, in order that, in this favour also, ye would superabound. ⁸ Not by way of injunction, do I speak, but through, others’, earnestness, and, the genuineness of your own love, putting to the test. ⁹ For ye are taking knowledge of the favour of our Lord Jesus [Christ], ––how that, for your sakes, he became destitute––although he was, rich, in order that, ye, by his destitution, might be enriched.

⁴ Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,––

⁶ For, in Christ [Jesus], neither, circumcision, availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, through love, energising.

¹³ For, ye, on a footing of freedom, were called, brethren,––only, [turn] not your freedom into an occasion to the flesh, but, by means of your love, be serving one another;

⁹ And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not.

¹³ And, for this cause, we, are also giving thanks unto God unceasingly, that, when ye received a spoken word from us––which was God’s, ye welcomed it––not as a human word, but, even as it truly is, a divine word,––which is also inwardly working itself in you who believe. ¹⁴ For, ye, became, imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea, in Christ Jesus, in that, the same things, ye, also suffered by your own fellow–countrymen, even as, they, also by the Jews:

⁶ But, when, just now, Timothy came unto us, from you, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love,––and that ye have good remembrance of us, continually, longing to see, us,––even as, we also, to see you,

³ We are bound, to be giving thanks, unto God, continually, concerning you, brethren, even as it is, meet; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all one to another aboundeth,

¹¹ Unto which end, we are also praying continually for you, that our God may count, you, worthy of your calling, and fulfill every good–pleasure of goodness and work of faith, with power,––

³ This, is comely and acceptable before our Saviour God,

³ Grateful, am I, unto God,––unto whom I am rendering divine service from my progenitors in a pure conscience, that, incessant, hold I the remembrance, concerning thee, in my supplications; day and night, ⁴ longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears,––in order that, with joy, I may be filled: ⁵ A reminder, having received, of the unfeigned faith, that is in thee,––such, as dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice,––I am persuaded, moreover, that [it dwelleth], in thee also.

⁵ Hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus and towards all the saints,–– ⁶ To the end that, the fellowship of thy faith, may become, energetic, by a personal knowledge of every good thing that is in us towards Christ; ⁷ For, much joy, have I had, and encouragement, by occasion of thy love, in that, the tender affections of the saints, have had rest given them by thee, brother.

¹¹ Let us, therefore, give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall into the same example, of obstinacy.

¹⁰ For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering, ¹¹ But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout:

¹⁵ And, thus, being patient, he attained unto the promise.

³⁶ For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.

⁷ By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house––through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir. ⁸ By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed––to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming.

¹⁷ By faith, Abraham, when tested, offered up Isaac, and, the only–begotten, would he have offered up, who the promises had accepted,––

²⁴ By faith, Moses, when grown up––refused to be called the son of a daughter of a Pharaoh, ²⁵ Rather choosing––to be jointly suffering ill–treatment with the people of God, than, for a season, to be having, sins enjoyment; ²⁶ Accounting––as greater riches than Egypt’s treasures, the reproach of the Anointed One; for he was looking away unto the recompense. ²⁷ By faith, he forsook Egypt––not put in fear of the wrath of the king; for, as seeing him who cannot be seen, he persevered. ²⁸ By faith, he hath kept the passover and the besmearing of the blood, lest, he that was destroying the first–born, should be touching them. ²⁹ By faith, they passed through the Red Sea, as over dry land,––which the Egyptians, seizing an attempt to do, were swallowed up. ³⁰ By faith, the walls of Jericho, fell, having been surrounded for seven days. ³¹ By faith, Rahab the harlot perished not with them who refused to yield, she having welcomed the spies with peace.
³² And what more can I say? For, time, will fail me while I go on telling––concerning Gideon, Barak, Sampson, Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,–– ³³ Who, through faith––prevailed in contest over kingdoms, wrought righteousness, attained unto promises, shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ Quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouths of the sword, were made powerful from weakness, became mighty in battle, overturned, camps of aliens;

²¹ Fit you, by every good work, for the doing of his will, doing within us, that which is well–pleasing, before him through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

³ Taking note, that, the proving of your faith, worketh out endurance; ⁴ But let, your endurance, have, mature work, that ye may be mature and complete, in nothing, coming short.

¹⁷ So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself. ¹⁸ But one will say,––Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith. ¹⁹ Thou believest that God is, one: thou doest, well––Even the demons believe, and shudder! ²⁰ But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle? ²¹ Abraham our father, was it not, by works, he was declared righteous––when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Thou seest that, his faith, had been working together with his works, and by his works did his faith become full–grown,–– ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith––And Abraham believed God, And it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and, God’s friend, was he called: ²⁴ Ye see that––by works, a man is declared righteous, and not by faith alone. ²⁵ And, in like manner also, Rahab the harlot, Was it not, by works, she was declared righteous, when she gave welcome unto the messengers, and, by another way, urged them forth? ²⁶ Just as, the body, apart from spirit, is dead, so, our faith also, apart from works, is dead.

⁷ Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord:––Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain: ⁸ Be, ye also, patient, Stablish your hearts, because, the Presence of the Lord, hath drawn near.

⁴ But the hidden character, of the heart,––in the incorruptible [ornament] of the quiet, and meek, spirit, which is, in presence of God, of great price.

³ And, whosoever hath this hope on him, is purifying himself, just as, He, is pure.

¹⁸ Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

²¹ Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God;

³ For, this is the love of God––that, his commandments, we be keeping, and, his commandments, are not burdensome;

² I know thy works, and thy toil, and endurance, and that thou canst not bear bad men, and thou hast tried them who were affirming themselves to be apostles, and they were not, and hast found them false; ³ And thou hast, endurance, and hast borne for the sake of my name, and hast not grown weary. ⁴ Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.

¹⁹ I know thy works, and thy love, and faith, and ministry, and endurance,––and that, thy last works, are more than the first.

¹⁰ Because thou didst keep my word of endurance, I also, will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.