Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].
- 新标点和合本 - 为此，我们也不住地感谢 神，因你们听见我们所传 神的道就领受了；不以为是人的道，乃以为是 神的道。这道实在是 神的，并且运行在你们信主的人心中。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 为此，我们也不断地感谢上帝，因为你们听见我们所传上帝的道的时候，你们领受了，不以为这是人的道，而以为这确实是上帝的道，而且在你们信主的人当中运行着。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 为此，我们也不断地感谢 神，因为你们听见我们所传 神的道的时候，你们领受了，不以为这是人的道，而以为这确实是 神的道，而且在你们信主的人当中运行着。
- 当代译本 - 我们也不住地感谢上帝，因为你们从我们这里听了上帝的道后就接受了，确信这不是人的道理，而是上帝的道。这道正在你们信的人心里发挥作用。
- 圣经新译本 - 我们也为这缘故不住感谢 神，因为你们接受了我们所传的 神的道，不认为这是人的道，而认为这确实是 神的道。这道也运行在你们信的人里面。
- 中文标准译本 - 我们之所以也不住地感谢神，是因为你们接受了从我们所听的神的话语，没有把它看做人的话语，而是把它看做神的话语接受了；这确实是神的话语，而且它也正在你们这些信的人里面做工。
- 现代标点和合本 - 为此，我们也不住地感谢神，因你们听见我们所传神的道就领受了；不以为是人的道，乃以为是神的道。这道实在是神的，并且运行在你们信主的人心中。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 为此，我们也不住地感谢上帝，因你们听见我们所传上帝的道，就领受了；不以为是人的道，乃以为是上帝的道。这道实在是上帝的，并且运行在你们信主的人心中。
- New International Version - And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
- New International Reader's Version - We never stop thanking God for the way you received his word. You heard it from us. But you didn’t accept it as a human word. You accepted it for what it really is. It is God’s word. It is really at work in you who believe.
- English Standard Version - And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
- New Living Translation - Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
- The Message - And now we look back on all this and thank God, a geyser 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!
- Christian Standard Bible - This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
- New American Standard Bible - For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of mere men, but as what it really is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
- New King James Version - For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.
- American Standard Version - And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
- King James Version - For 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.
- New English Translation - And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.
- World English Bible - For 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.
- 新標點和合本 - 為此，我們也不住地感謝神，因你們聽見我們所傳神的道就領受了；不以為是人的道，乃以為是神的道。這道實在是神的，並且運行在你們信主的人心中。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 為此，我們也不斷地感謝上帝，因為你們聽見我們所傳上帝的道的時候，你們領受了，不以為這是人的道，而以為這確實是上帝的道，而且在你們信主的人當中運行着。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 為此，我們也不斷地感謝 神，因為你們聽見我們所傳 神的道的時候，你們領受了，不以為這是人的道，而以為這確實是 神的道，而且在你們信主的人當中運行着。
- 當代譯本 - 我們也不住地感謝上帝，因為你們從我們這裡聽了上帝的道後就接受了，確信這不是人的道理，而是上帝的道。這道正在你們信的人心裡發揮作用。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我們也為這緣故不住感謝 神，因為你們接受了我們所傳的 神的道，不認為這是人的道，而認為這確實是 神的道。這道也運行在你們信的人裡面。
- 呂振中譯本 - 為了這緣故、我們就不住地感謝上帝，因為你們從我們領受了 所 聽的上帝之道 ；你們接受了，不 認為 是人之道，乃 認為 是上帝之道，也真地是：並且 在你們信的人身上運用着動力呢。
- 中文標準譯本 - 我們之所以也不住地感謝神，是因為你們接受了從我們所聽的神的話語，沒有把它看做人的話語，而是把它看做神的話語接受了；這確實是神的話語，而且它也正在你們這些信的人裡面做工。
- 現代標點和合本 - 為此，我們也不住地感謝神，因你們聽見我們所傳神的道就領受了；不以為是人的道，乃以為是神的道。這道實在是神的，並且運行在你們信主的人心中。
- 文理和合譯本 - 是以我謝上帝不輟、因爾由我受上帝道而納之、非如人道、乃上帝道、是誠上帝道、力行於爾信者之中也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我謝上帝不置、因我傳上帝道、爾受之、非出人言、誠出上帝、力行於爾信者中、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 是以我儕謝天主不已、因爾聞我儕所傳天主之道、爾受之、非視之如世人之道、乃視之為天主之道、是誠天主之道、力行於爾諸信者中、
- 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 且爾等一聞吾儕口授之天主福音、不以其為世俗之教、乃審知其實為天主聖道、而欣然納之。故聖道亦緣爾之篤信、而運其妙工於爾身；此尤吾儕之所引以為慰、而感謝天主不能自已者也。
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Así que no dejamos de dar gracias a Dios, porque al oír ustedes la palabra de Dios que les predicamos, la aceptaron no como palabra humana, sino como lo que realmente es, palabra de Dios, la cual actúa en ustedes los creyentes.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그리고 또 한 가지 우리가 하나님께 늘 감사하는 것은 여러분이 우리가 전한 말을 받을 때 사람의 말로 받아들이지 않고 하나님의 말씀으로 받아들인 점입니다. 그 말씀은 믿는 여러분 속에서 지금 역사하고 있습니다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Мы всегда благодарим Бога и за то, что, когда вы приняли слово Божье, услышанное от нас, вы приняли его не как человеческую выдумку, а таким, каково оно и есть, – как слово Божье, мощно действующее в вас, верящих.
- Восточный перевод - Мы всегда благодарим Всевышнего и за то, что, когда вы приняли Его слово, услышанное от нас, вы приняли его не как человеческую выдумку, а таким, каково оно и есть, – как слово Всевышнего, мощно действующее в вас, верящих.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Мы всегда благодарим Аллаха и за то, что, когда вы приняли Его слово, услышанное от нас, вы приняли его не как человеческую выдумку, а таким, каково оно и есть, – как слово Аллаха, мощно действующее в вас, верящих.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Мы всегда благодарим Всевышнего и за то, что, когда вы приняли Его слово, услышанное от нас, вы приняли его не как человеческую выдумку, а таким, каково оно и есть, – как слово Всевышнего, мощно действующее в вас, верящих.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et voici pourquoi nous remercions Dieu sans nous lasser : en recevant la Parole de Dieu que nous vous avons annoncée, vous ne l’avez pas accueillie comme une parole purement humaine, mais comme ce qu’elle est réellement, c’est-à-dire la Parole de Dieu, qui agit avec efficacité en vous qui croyez.
- リビングバイブル - 私たちは、神に感謝せずにはいられません。私たちが伝道した時、あなたがたはそのことばを人間の口から出たものと見ず、神のことばとして聞いてくれたからです。事実、この神のことばは、信じる者の生活を一変させるものです。
- Nestle Aland 28 - Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ ἀδιαλείπτως, ὅτι παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρ’ ἡμῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐδέξασθε οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων ἀλλὰ καθώς ἐστιν ἀληθῶς λόγον θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐνεργεῖται ἐν ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.
- unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡμεῖς εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ Θεῷ ἀδιαλείπτως, ὅτι παραλαβόντες λόγον ἀκοῆς παρ’ ἡμῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐδέξασθε οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων, ἀλλὰ καθὼς ἀληθῶς ἐστὶν, λόγον Θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐνεργεῖται ἐν ὑμῖν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν.
- Nova Versão Internacional - Também agradecemos a Deus sem cessar o fato de que, ao receberem de nossa parte a palavra de Deus, vocês a aceitaram, não como palavra de homens, mas conforme ela verdadeiramente é, como palavra de Deus, que atua com eficácia em vocês, os que creem.
- Hoffnung für alle - Immer wieder danken wir Gott dafür, dass ihr seine Botschaft, die ihr von uns gehört habt, nicht als Menschenwort betrachtet habt; ihr habt sie als das aufgenommen, was sie ja tatsächlich ist, als Gottes Wort. Und nun entfaltet dieses Wort seine Kraft in eurem Leben, weil ihr ihm Glauben geschenkt habt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi không ngớt tạ ơn Đức Chúa Trời, vì khi chúng tôi truyền giảng Phúc Âm, anh chị em tiếp nhận ngay như lời Đức Chúa Trời, không phải lời loài người. Phúc Âm chính là lời Đức Chúa Trời đã đổi mới đời sống anh chị em, khi anh chị em tin nhận.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และเราขอบพระคุณพระเจ้าอยู่เสมอเพราะเมื่อท่านรับพระวจนะของพระเจ้าซึ่งได้ยินจากเรา ท่านไม่ได้รับไว้อย่างถ้อยคำของมนุษย์ แต่รับไว้ตามที่เป็นจริงคือ เป็นพระวจนะของพระเจ้าซึ่งกำลังทำกิจอยู่ภายในท่านทั้งหลายที่เชื่อ
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยเหตุนี้พวกเราจึงขอบคุณพระเจ้าเสมอว่า เวลาท่านได้รับคำประกาศของพระเจ้าจากพวกเรา ท่านไม่ได้รับไว้อย่างที่เป็นคำกล่าวของมนุษย์ แต่รับไว้ตามความเป็นจริงคือ เป็นคำกล่าวของพระเจ้า ซึ่งปฏิบัติงานอยู่ในตัวของท่านที่เชื่อ
Cross Reference
- Matthew 10:13 - If [the family living in] the house is worthy [welcoming you and your message], give it your [blessing of] peace [that is, a blessing of well-being and prosperity, the favor of God]. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.
- Matthew 10:14 - Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city, shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties].
- Romans 1:8 - First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith [your trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] is being proclaimed in all the world.
- Romans 1:9 - For God, whom I serve with my spirit by preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how continuously I mention you
- Jeremiah 23:28 - The prophet who has a dream may tell his dream; but he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]?” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 23:29 - “Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?
- Acts 16:30 - and after he brought them out [of the inner prison], he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Acts 16:31 - And they answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus [as your personal Savior and entrust yourself to Him] and you will be saved, you and your household [if they also believe].”
- Acts 16:32 - And they spoke the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] to him and to all who were in his house.
- Acts 16:33 - And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their bloody wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
- Acts 16:34 - Then he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, since he had believed in God with his entire family [accepting with joy what had been made known to them about the Christ].
- Acts 8:14 - When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [the people of] Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
- Acts 2:41 - So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about 3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers].
- Acts 16:14 - A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple fabrics who was [already] a worshiper of God, listened to us; and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention and to respond to the things said by Paul.
- James 1:18 - It was of His own will that He gave us birth [as His children] by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of His creatures [a prime example of what He created to be set apart to Himself—sanctified, made holy for His divine purposes].
- Acts 13:44 - On the next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the word of the Lord [about salvation through faith in Christ].
- Acts 13:45 - But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things said by Paul, and were slandering him.
- Acts 13:46 - And [at the same time] Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and confidently, saying, “It was necessary that God’s message [of salvation through faith in Christ] be spoken to you [Jews] first. Since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we turn to the Gentiles.
- Luke 5:1 - Now it happened that while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee), with the people crowding all around Him and listening to the word of God;
- Jeremiah 44:16 - “As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
- Acts 17:18 - And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 17:19 - They took him and brought him to the Areopagus (Hill of Ares, the Greek god of war), saying, “May we know what this [strange] new teaching is which you are proclaiming?
- Acts 17:20 - For you are bringing some startling and strange things to our ears; so we want to know what they mean.”
- Colossians 1:6 - which has come to you. Indeed, just as in the whole world the gospel is constantly bearing fruit and spreading [by God’s power], just as it has been doing among you ever since the day you first heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth [becoming thoroughly and deeply acquainted with it].
- 2 Peter 3:2 - that you should remember the words spoken in the past [about the future] by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior given by your apostles [His personally chosen representatives].
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - for our good news [regarding salvation] came to you not only in word, but also in [its inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your benefit.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6 - You became imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord, after you welcomed our message in [a time of] great trouble with the joy supplied by the Holy Spirit;
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 - so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 - For the word of the Lord has resounded from you and has echoed [like thunder], not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place [the news of] your [great] faith in God has spread, so that we never need to say anything about it.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - and to [look forward and confidently] wait for [the coming of] His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who [personally] rescues us from the coming wrath [and draws us to Himself, granting us all the privileges and rewards of a new life with Him].
- Acts 17:32 - Now when they heard [the term] resurrection from the dead, some mocked and sneered; but others said, “We will hear from you again about this matter.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 - We give thanks to God always for all of you, continually mentioning you in our prayers;
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith, and your service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 10:33 - So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to listen to everything that you have been instructed by the Lord [to say].”
- Romans 6:17 - But thank God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed.
- Romans 6:18 - And having been set free from sin, you have become the slaves of righteousness [of conformity to God’s will and purpose].
- John 15:3 - You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you].
- 2 Peter 1:16 - For we did not follow cleverly devised stories or myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty [His grandeur, His authority, His sovereignty].
- 2 Peter 1:17 - For when He was invested with honor and [the radiance of the Shekinah] glory from God the Father, such a voice as this came to Him from the [splendid] Majestic Glory [in the bright cloud that overshadowed Him, saying], “This is My Son, My Beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased and delighted”—
- 2 Peter 1:18 - and we [actually] heard this voice made from heaven when we were together with Him on the holy mountain.
- 2 Peter 1:19 - So we have the prophetic word made more certain. You do well to pay [close] attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and light breaks through the gloom and the morning star arises in your hearts.
- 2 Peter 1:20 - But understand this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of or comes from one’s own [personal or special] interpretation,
- 2 Peter 1:21 - for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
- Luke 8:11 - “Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].
- Luke 8:21 - But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”
- Matthew 10:20 - for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- John 17:17 - Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth.
- Matthew 10:40 - “He who receives and welcomes you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
- John 17:19 - For their sake I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.
- 1 John 5:4 - For everyone born of God is victorious and overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has conquered and overcome the world—our [continuing, persistent] faith [in Jesus the Son of God].
- 1 John 5:5 - Who is the one who is victorious and overcomes the world? It is the one who believes and recognizes the fact that Jesus is the Son of God.
- Acts 17:11 - Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
- Luke 11:28 - But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”
- Galatians 4:14 - and even though my physical condition was a trial to you, you did not regard it with contempt, or scorn and reject me; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus Himself.
- Acts 13:48 - When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying [praising and giving thanks for] the word of the Lord; and all those who had been appointed (designated, ordained) to eternal life [by God] believed [in Jesus as the Christ and their Savior].
- 1 Peter 2:2 - like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],
- 1 Peter 1:25 - But the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word [the good news of salvation] which was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:23 - for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.
- Romans 10:17 - So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ.
- Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.