1 Thessalonians 2:13

And so ¹  we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, ²  you accepted it not as a human message, ³  but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

Jer 23:28,29; Jer 44:16; Mt 10:13,14,40; Lu 5:1; Lu 8:11,21; Lu 11:28; Joh 15:3; Joh 17:17,19; Ac 2:41; Ac 8:14; Ac 10:33; Ac 13:44,46; Ac 13:45,48; Ac 16:14,30-34; Ac 17:11,18-20,32; Ro 1:8,9; Ro 6:17,18; Ro 10:17; 2Co 3:18; Ga 4:14; Col 1:6; 1Th 1:2,3; 1Th 1:5-10; Heb 4:12; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:23; 1Pe 1:25; 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 1:16-21; 2Pe 3:2; 1Jo 3:3; 1Jo 5:4,5

¹ tn Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”

² tn Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”

³ tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.