Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+005   1 Thessalonians 5 (ESV) Final Instructions and Benediction 12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+004   1 Thessalonians 4 (ESV) A Life Pleasing to God 1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+003   1 Thessalonians 3 (ESV) 1 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+002   1 Thessalonians 2 (ESV) Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians 1 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+001   1 THESSALONIANS INTRODUCTION Around AD 51, Paul, Silas and Timothy brought the message about Jesus the Messiah to the city of Thessalonica. Many people became believers, but there was a riot when Paul and Silas were accused of defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+150   Psalm 150 (ESV) Let Everything Praise the Lord 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4 Praise him…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+149   Psalm 149 (ESV) Sing to the Lord a New Song 1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! 2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! 3 Let them praise his…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+148   Psalm 148 (ESV) Praise the Name of the Lord 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! 3 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! 4 Praise him, you highest…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+147   Psalm 147 (ESV) He Heals the Brokenhearted 1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Psalms+146   Psalm 146 (ESV) Put Not Your Trust in Princes 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a…