1 Thessalonians 1:6

The Thessalonians imitated Paul and the Lord, welcoming the word with Spirit-given joy despite suffering. Affliction did not crush them because the Spirit gave them gladness.

Cross-references · 29

• 1 Cor 11:1Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
• Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• 1 Cor 4:16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• 2 Th 3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
• Eph 5:1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
• Rom 5:3–5And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• Matt 16:24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Rom 8:16–18The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
• John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• 1 Th 2:13–14For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
• John 14:16–18And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
• 1 Th 3:2–4And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
• 1 Pet 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 2 Th 1:4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
• Rom 15:13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 5:41And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Heb 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
• Acts 17:5–10But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• 1 Pet 1:6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• Acts 9:31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
• 2 Cor 8:1–2Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
• 1 Pet 3:13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
• Phil 3:17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
• 2 Cor 8:5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
• John 13:13–15Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
• Hos 2:14Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
• Mark 10:29–30And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

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