1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
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 — the Thessalonians recognize the transcendent dimension of the proclaimed word; it is God's word (logos theos), not merely human speech. The word is living, operative (energeō), working transformation in those who receive it in faith. Reception is not passive but active trust.
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