1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with the Messiah^[a] Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus and the^[b] prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people, ¹⁶as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed.^[c] However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

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1 Thessalonians 2:14 Or Christ
1 Thessalonians 2:15 Other mss. read their own
1 Thessalonians 2:16 The Gk. lacks they have committed

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators^(A) of God’s churches in Judea,^(B) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people^(C) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus^(D) and the prophets^(E) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone ¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(F) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(G) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]