1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Thessalonians 2:15 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Thessalonians 2:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — World English Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men; ”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians 2:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men <FI>are<Fi> contrary,”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Thessalonians 2:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not pleaseGod, and [are] against all men, ”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Darby Translation

1 Thessalonians 2:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Who both killed the Lord Iesus and their owne Prophets, and haue persecuted vs away, and God they please not, and are contrary to all men,”

1 Thessalonians 2:15 — Geneva Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:15 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 2

13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

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What Does 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Mean?

1 Thessalonians 2:15 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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