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-\v 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, as we mention you in our prayers.
-\v 3 We remember without ceasing before our God and Father your work of faith, labor of love, and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
+\v 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you, as we mention you continually in our prayers.
+\v 3 We remember before our God and Father your work of faith, labor of love, and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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 \v 4 Brothers loved by God, we know he has chosen you,
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 \v 8 For from you the word of the Lord has rung out, and not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it.
-\v 9 For they themselves report what kind of coming we had among you. They tell how you turned to God from the idols to serve the living and true God.
-\v 10 They report that you are waiting for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. This is Jesus, who frees us from the wrath to come.
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+\v 9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from the idols to serve the living and true God,
+\v 10 and that you are waiting for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead- Jesus, who frees us from the wrath to come.
 
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 \v 3 For our exhortation was not from error, nor from impurity, nor from deceit.
-\v 4 Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be trusted with the gospel, so we speak. We speak, not to please men, but to please God. He is the one who examines our hearts.
+v 4 Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be trusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but God. He is the one who examines our hearts.
 
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-\v 5 For we never used words of flattery, as you know, nor as an excuse to cover up greed— God is our witness.
+\v 5 For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext to cover up greed- God is our witness.
 \v 6 Nor did we seek glory from people, either from you or from others. We could have claimed privileges as apostles of Christ.
 
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 \v 8 In this way we had affection for you. We were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives. For you had become very dear to us.
-\v 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you. During that time, we preached to you the gospel of God.
+\v 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we were working so that we might not weigh down any of you as we preached to you the gospel of God.
 
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 \v 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy, righteous, and blameless was our behavior toward you who believe.
-\v 11 In the same way you know how we dealt with each one of you as a father deals with his own children. 
-\v 12 We were begging you and encouraging and urging you to walk in a manner that is worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
+\v 11 In the same way you know how we were with each one of you, as a father with his own children,
+\v 12 exhorting you and encouraging and urging you to walk in a manner that is worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
 
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-\v 13 For this reason we also thank God constantly. For when you received from us God's message that you heard, you accepted it not as the word of man. Instead, you received it as it truly is, the word of God. It is this word that is also at work among you who believe.
+\v 13 For this reason we also thank God constantly, that when you received God's message that you heard from us you accepted it not as the word of man, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which is also at work in you who believe.
 
 
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-\v 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they did from the Jews.
-\v 15 It was the Jews who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets. It was the Jews who drove us out. They do not please God. Instead, they are hostile to all people.
+\v 14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, as they did from the Jews,
+\v 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who drove us out. They do not please God. Instead, they are hostile to all people.
 \v 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles for them to be saved. The result is that they always fill up their own sins. But wrath will overtake them in the end.
 
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-\v 17 But we, brothers, were separated from you for a short time, in person not in heart. We were especially eager, with great desire, to see your face. 
-\v 18 For we wished to come to you—I, Paul, wished to come to you once and again—but Satan stopped us.
-\v 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of pride in front of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you just as much as others?
-\v 20 For you are our glory and our joy.
+\v 17 But we, brothers, were separated from you for a short time, in person not in heart. We were especially eager, with great desire, to see your faces.
+\v 18 For we wished to come to you- indeed I, Paul, once and again- but Satan stopped us.
+\v 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of pride in front of our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
+\v 20 For you are our glory and joy.
 
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