^2:12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. ^2:13And so¹⁴ we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us,¹⁵ you accepted it not as a human message,¹⁶ but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

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Footnotes

14 Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that …”
15 Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”
16 Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

exhorting and consoling you and insisting that you live in a manner worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that when you received God’s word that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

KJV 1900King James Version

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 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.

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