Parallel Verses
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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].
- 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
- Romans 1:8 - I thank God through Jesus for every one of you. That’s first. People everywhere keep telling me about your lives of faith, and every time I hear them, I thank him. And God, whom I so love to worship and serve by spreading the good news of his Son—the Message!—knows that every time I think of you in my prayers, which is practically all the time, I ask him to clear the way for me to come and see you. The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God’s gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes! But don’t think I’m not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you.
- Jeremiah 23:28 - “You prophets who do nothing but dream— go ahead and tell your silly dreams. But you prophets who have a message from me— tell it truly and faithfully. What does straw have in common with wheat? Nothing else is like God’s Decree. Isn’t my Message like fire?” God’s Decree. “Isn’t it like a sledgehammer busting a rock?
- Acts 16:32 - They went on to spell out in detail the story of the Master—the entire family got in on this part. They never did get to bed that night. The jailer made them feel at home, dressed their wounds, and then—he couldn’t wait till morning!—was baptized, he and everyone in his family. There in his home, he had food set out for a festive meal. It was a night to remember: He and his entire family had put their trust in God; everyone in the house was in on the celebration.
- Acts 8:14 - When the apostles in Jerusalem received the report that Samaria had accepted God’s Message, they sent Peter and John down to pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit. Up to this point they had only been baptized in the name of the Master Jesus; the Holy Spirit hadn’t yet fallen on them. Then the apostles laid their hands on them and they did receive the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:41 - That day about three thousand took him at his word, were baptized and were signed up. They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers. * * *
- Acts 13:44 - When the next Sabbath came around, practically the whole city showed up to hear the Word of God. Some of the Jews, seeing the crowds, went wild with jealousy and tore into Paul, contradicting everything he was saying, making an ugly scene.
- Acts 13:46 - But Paul and Barnabas didn’t back down. Standing their ground they said, “It was required that God’s Word be spoken first of all to you, the Jews. But seeing that you want no part of it—you’ve made it quite clear that you have no taste or inclination for eternal life—the door is open to all the outsiders. And we’re on our way through it, following orders, doing what God commanded when he said, I’ve set you up as light to all nations. You’ll proclaim salvation to the four winds and seven seas!”
- Luke 5:1 - Once when he was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, the crowd was pushing in on him to better hear the Word of God. He noticed two boats tied up. The fishermen had just left them and were out scrubbing their nets. He climbed into the boat that was Simon’s and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Sitting there, using the boat for a pulpit, he taught the crowd.
- Acts 17:19 - These people got together and asked him to make a public presentation over at the Areopagus, where things were a little quieter. They said, “This is a new one on us. We’ve never heard anything quite like it. Where did you come up with this anyway? Explain it so we can understand.” Downtown Athens was a great place for gossip. There were always people hanging around, natives and tourists alike, waiting for the latest tidbit on most anything.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - You paid careful attention to the way we lived among you, and determined to live that way yourselves. In imitating us, you imitated the Master. Although great trouble accompanied the Word, you were able to take great joy from the Holy Spirit!—taking the trouble with the joy, the joy with the trouble.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:7 - Do you know that all over the provinces of both Macedonia and Achaia believers look up to you? The word has gotten around. Your lives are echoing the Master’s Word, not only in the provinces but all over the place. The news of your faith in God is out. We don’t even have to say anything anymore—you’re the message! People come up and tell us how you received us with open arms, how you deserted the dead idols of your old life so you could embrace and serve God, the true God. They marvel at how expectantly you await the arrival of his Son, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescued us from certain doom.
- Acts 17:32 - At the phrase “raising him from the dead,” the listeners split: Some laughed at him and walked off making jokes; others said, “Let’s do this again. We want to hear more.” But that was it for the day, and Paul left. There were still others, it turned out, who were convinced then and there, and stuck with Paul—among them Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 - Every time we think of you, we thank God for you. Day and night you’re in our prayers as we call to mind your work of faith, your labor of love, and your patience of hope in following our Master, Jesus Christ, before God our Father. It is clear to us, friends, that God not only loves you very much but also has put his hand on you for something special. When the Message we preached came to you, it wasn’t just words. Something happened in you. The Holy Spirit put steel in your convictions.
- Acts 10:33 - “So I did it—I sent for you. And you’ve been good enough to come. And now we’re all here in God’s presence, ready to listen to whatever the Master put in your heart to tell us.”
- 2 Peter 1:16 - We weren’t, you know, just wishing on a star when we laid the facts out before you regarding the powerful return of our Master, Jesus Christ. We were there for the preview! We saw it with our own eyes: Jesus resplendent with light from God the Father as the voice of Majestic Glory spoke: “This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of all my delight.” We were there on the holy mountain with him. We heard the voice out of heaven with our very own ears.
- 2 Peter 1:19 - We couldn’t be more sure of what we saw and heard—God’s glory, God’s voice. The prophetic Word was confirmed to us. You’ll do well to keep focusing on it. It’s the one light you have in a dark time as you wait for daybreak and the rising of the Morning Star in your hearts. The main thing to keep in mind here is that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of private opinion. And why? Because it’s not something concocted in the human heart. Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted men and women to speak God’s Word.
- Luke 8:11 - “This story is about some of those people. The seed is the Word of God. The seeds on the road are those who hear the Word, but no sooner do they hear it than the Devil snatches it from them so they won’t believe and be saved.
- Luke 8:21 - He replied, “My mother and brothers are the ones who hear and do God’s Word. Obedience is thicker than blood.”
- Matthew 10:40 - “We are intimately linked in this harvest work. Anyone who accepts what you do, accepts me, the One who sent you. Anyone who accepts what I do accepts my Father, who sent me. Accepting a messenger of God is as good as being God’s messenger. Accepting someone’s help is as good as giving someone help. This is a large work I’ve called you into, but don’t be overwhelmed by it. It’s best to start small. Give a cool cup of water to someone who is thirsty, for instance. The smallest act of giving or receiving makes you a true apprentice. You won’t lose out on a thing.”
- 1 John 5:4 - Every God-born person conquers the world’s ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith. The person who wins out over the world’s ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God.
- Luke 11:28 - Jesus commented, “Even more blessed are those who hear God’s Word and guard it with their lives!”
- Galatians 4:14 - And don’t you remember that even though taking in a sick guest was most troublesome for you, you chose to treat me as well as you would have treated an angel of God—as well as you would have treated Jesus himself if he had visited you? What has happened to the satisfaction you felt at that time? There were some of you then who, if possible, would have given your very eyes to me—that is how deeply you cared! And now have I suddenly become your enemy simply by telling you the truth? I can’t believe it.
- Acts 13:48 - When the non-Jewish outsiders heard this, they could hardly believe their good fortune. All who were marked out for real life put their trust in God—they honored God’s Word by receiving that life. And this Message of salvation spread like wildfire all through the region.
- Hebrews 4:12 - God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one can resist God’s Word. We can’t get away from it—no matter what.