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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "1TH-1:1",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.1",
        "text": "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace."
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        "n": 2,
        "refId": "1TH-1:2",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.2",
        "text": "We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention [of you] in our prayers;"
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        "n": 3,
        "refId": "1TH-1:3",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.3",
        "text": "remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;"
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        "n": 4,
        "refId": "1TH-1:4",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.4",
        "text": "knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "1TH-1:5",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.5",
        "text": "how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "1TH-1:6",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.6",
        "text": "And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;"
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        "n": 7,
        "refId": "1TH-1:7",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.7",
        "text": "so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia."
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        "n": 8,
        "refId": "1TH-1:8",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.8",
        "text": "For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "1TH-1:9",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.9",
        "text": "For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,"
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "1TH-1:10",
        "verseRef": "1TH.1.10",
        "text": "and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come."
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