1 Thessalonians 1

King James Version · 8 Urantia Book parallels in this chapter

Badges: S both books tell the same incident · R one quotes or refers to the other · C related material that reinforces, modifies or contradicts.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

C 131:10.5 God is MY Father

C 131:10.6 Father-child relationship

C 131:10.8 Father-child relationship

C 141:4.2 God is our Father

C 149:6.8 God is our Father

C 194:4.6 God: loving Father of all men

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

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;

Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

C 5:4.2 Profound assurance

R 34:6.6 Not in word only, in power

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.