1 Thessalonians 1:3

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“and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

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BSBPD

“and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Thessalonians 1:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  3. Song of Solomon 8:7Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
  4. John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
  5. John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  6. John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  7. John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  8. John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
  9. Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
  10. Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
  11. Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
  12. Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  13. Romans 8:24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
  14. Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
  15. Romans 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
  16. Romans 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  17. Romans 16:6Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
  18. Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  19. 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
  20. 1 Corinthians 13:13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
  21. 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  22. 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
  23. 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  24. 2 Corinthians 8:7But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

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