1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 NKJV



1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 PAUL, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,


remembering without ceasing  your work in faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, 


knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.


For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.


Acts 17:1-15 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.


Then Paul, as  his cousin was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,


explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ."


And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.


But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.


But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.


"Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king--Jesus."


And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.


So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.


Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.


These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.


Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. 


But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds.


Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy remained there.


So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens, and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. 
 
Acts 18:5-6 When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.


But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads, I am clean. from now on I will go to the Gentiles."


Acts 18:24-28 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and might in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.


This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately  the things of the Lord, thought he knew only the baptism of John.


So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila ad Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.


And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who believed through grace;


for he vigorously refuted the Jews Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.