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Scripture Index
Ellen White & Bible Cross-Reference
1 Thessalonians 3:1
"Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;"
"In this great city, where God was not worshiped, Paul was oppressed by a feeling of solitude, and he longed for the sympathy and aid of his fellow laborers. So far as human friendship was concerned, he felt himself to be utterly alone. In his epistle to the Thessalonians he expresses his feelings in the words, “Left at Athens alone.” 1 Thessalonians 3:1 . Obstacles that were apparently insurmountable presented themselves before him, making it seem almost hopeless for him to attempt to reach the hearts of the people. AA 234.3"
Ellen White directly references 1 Thessalonians 3:1 in this passage.
1 Thessalonians 3:8
"For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord."
"you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart.” “Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.” “Now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.” Verse 16 , A.R.V.; Philippians 1:3-5 ; 1:6, 7 , A.R.V.; 4:1 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:8 . MH 167.1"
Ellen White directly references 1 Thessalonians 3:8 in this passage.
"Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1:5-7 . EW 28.5 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 3:8 . EW 28.6"
Ellen White directly references 1 Thessalonians 3:8 in this passage.
1 Thessalonians 3:12
"And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
"“The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: to the end He may stablish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.” AA 263.1"
EGW directly quotes 1 Thessalonians 3:12, making this a clear and intentional allusion.