Fr. Mike Schmitz

Stand fast in it.

She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark.

Greet one another with the kiss of love.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians and God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace.

The Thessalonians, faith and example.

We give thanks to God always for you all, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For we know, brethren, beloved by God, that he has chosen you.

For our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction.

You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia."

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Chapter 2 Paul's Ministry in Thessalonica

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain.

But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition.

Well, I think that you nailed it when you said that one of the things The Great Adventure Timeline does, and I think this podcast is shooting for, is to get the story, not just the stories.

For our appeal does not spring from error or uncleanness, nor is it made with guile.

And I love that because so we were talking before we started recording about like our original, our first Bibles.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak not to please men, but to please God who tests our hearts.

And I went to get my first Bible and I