1 Thessalonians 2:11-14 (The Message)
The Message (MSG)
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11You experienced it all firsthand. With each of you we were like a father with his child, 12holding your hand, whispering encouragement, showing you step-by-step how to live well before God, who called us into his own kingdom, into this delightful life.
13And now we look back on all this and thank God, an artesian well of thanks! When you got the Message of God we preached, you didn't pass it off as just one more human opinion, but you took it to heart as God's true word to you, which it is, God himself at work in you believers!