...your faith groweth' exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth : so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...endure ; which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: seeing...

...exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you toward each other aboundeth : 4 So that we ourselves also glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience, and faith, and in all your persecutions, and tribulations, which you endure. 5 For an example of the just judgment...

...bring it forward again in this connexion, as it deserves the particular attention of the reader. " So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...endure : which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : seeing...

...writing to the Thessalonians, does speak of glorying in their patience and faith, which says he, " is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye alto suffer," 2 Thess. i. 5. Nay, says our author, it proves that the kingdom...

...another between yourselves, so that we ourselves rejoice of you in the B congregations of God over your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer, which is a token* of the righteousjudgement of God • TnImiuio that ye are counted worthy...

...small circle of friends - or Christians - was the way the slaves kept their religion alive in Rome. "So that we ourselves glory in you in .the churches of God for your patience and faith'1 ip all your persecutions . " Thessaldnians 1-3, was written before there were any church buildings...

...with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation...

...faith grovveth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the...

...latter word denotes troubles generally ; the former especially attacks by the enemies of the Faith. you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye 5 endure ; which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God...

...toward another aboundeth. So that wee our selves rejoyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience, and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer. (2 Thess. i. 3 and 4, Geneva version) Later choices included the first and second letters of...