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 imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
• Acts 13:52The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Cor 4:16I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
• 2 Th 3:9not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
• Eph 5:1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
• 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.
• Rom 5:3–5Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
• Matt 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Rom 8:16–18The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
• John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• 1 Th 2:13–14For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.
• John 14:16–18I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever, —
• 1 Th 3:2–4and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
• 1 Pet 1:8whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory —
• 2 Th 1:4so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
• Rom 15:13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 5:41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
• Heb 10:34For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
• Acts 17:5–10But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
• 1 Pet 1:6Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
• Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 8:1–2Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;
• 1 Pet 3:13Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
• Phil 3:17Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
• 2 Cor 8:5This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
• John 13:13–15You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
• Hos 2:14“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
• Mark 10:29–30Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

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