1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

New King James Version

¹⁴For you, brethren, became imitators ^(A)of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For ^(B)you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, ¹⁵^(C)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(D)their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God ^(E)and are ^[a]contrary to all men, ¹⁶^(F)forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always ^(G)to fill up the measure of their sins; ^(H)but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

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1 Thessalonians 2:15 hostile

1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators^(A) of God’s churches in Judea,^(B) which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people^(C) the same things those churches suffered from the Jews ¹⁵who killed the Lord Jesus^(D) and the prophets^(E) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone ¹⁶in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles^(F) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.^(G) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.^[a]