1 Thes 1:6 Cross References

1 Thessalonians 1:6

6: So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.

Acts 13:52

  1. And the believers were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 11:1

  1. And you should follow my example, just as I follow Christ's.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

  1. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

Galatians 5:22

  1. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Corinthians 4:16

  1. So I ask you to follow my example and do as I do.

3 John 1:11

  1. Dear friend, don't let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God's children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.

Acts 17:5

  1. But the Jewish leaders were jealous, so they gathered some worthless fellows from the streets to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.
  2. Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers instead and took them before the city council. "Paul and Silas have turned the rest of the world upside down, and now they are here disturbing our city," they shouted.
  3. "And Jason has let them into his home. They are all guilty of treason against Caesar, for they profess allegiance to another king, Jesus."
  4. The people of the city, as well as the city officials, were thrown into turmoil by these reports.
  5. But the officials released Jason and the other believers after they had posted bail.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

  1. We proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.

John 13:13

  1. You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you are right, because it is true.
  2. And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet.
  3. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Acts 9:31

  1. The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it grew in strength and numbers. The believers were walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 15:13

  1. So I pray that God, who gives you hope, will keep you happy and full of peace as you believe in him. May you overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 16:24

  1. Then Jesus said to the disciples, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me.

1 Thessalonians 3:2

  1. and we sent Timothy to visit you. He is our co-worker for God and our brother in proclaiming the Good News of Christ. We sent him to strengthen you, to encourage you in your faith,
  2. and to keep you from becoming disturbed by the troubles you were going through. But, of course, you know that such troubles are going to happen to us Christians.
  3. Even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles would soon come--and they did, as you well know.

Hebrews 10:34

  1. You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail. When all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew you had better things waiting for you in eternity.

1 Peter 1:8

  1. You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

John 14:16

  1. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, who will never leave you.
  2. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you do, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.
  3. No, I will not abandon you as orphans--I will come to you.

Mark 10:29

  1. And Jesus replied, "I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News,
  2. will receive now in return, a hundred times over, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property--with persecutions. And in the world to come they will have eternal life.

1 Peter 3:13

  1. Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good?

Ephesians 5:1

  1. Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are his dear children.

Romans 8:16

  1. For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
  2. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures--for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
  3. Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

  1. And we will never stop thanking God that when we preached his message to you, you didn't think of the words we spoke as being just our own. You accepted what we said as the very word of God--which, of course, it was. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
  2. And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God's churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.

1 Peter 1:6

  1. So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while.

Romans 5:3

  1. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure.
  2. And endurance develops strength of character in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation of salvation.
  3. And this expectation will not disappoint us. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

John 8:12

  1. Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

Hosea 2:14

  1. "But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her out into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.

2 Corinthians 8:1

  1. Now I want to tell you, dear brothers and sisters, what God in his kindness has done for the churches in Macedonia.
  2. Though they have been going through much trouble and hard times, their wonderful joy and deep poverty have overflowed in rich generosity.

2 Corinthians 8:5

  1. Best of all, they went beyond our highest hopes, for their first action was to dedicate themselves to the Lord and to us for whatever directions God might give them.

Acts 5:41

  1. The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer dishonor for the name of Jesus.

Philippians 3:17

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
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