1 Thessalonians 1 ~ our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.

 the Jews, "For us it is not permitted to kill
anyone," so that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he sp-
oke signifying what kind of death he was going to
die. Entered therefore again into the Praeto-
rium Pilate and summoned Jesus
and said to him, "Thou art king of the
Jews?"

a King I am. For this I have been born
and (for this) I have come into the world so that I would
testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth
hears of me my voice." Said to him
Pilate, "What is truth?" and this
having said, again he went out unto the Jews
and said to them, "I find not one
fault in him."

^{St.John's Ryland Gospel}
St Johns Gospel is St of a literary codex. Around 90 A.D. dated by the writing style. Gospel of John 18:31–33, in Greek, and the back (verso) contains parts of seven lines from verses 37–38

Magdalen Papyrus, Above , Papyrus 64, Carsten Peter Thiede's redating of the Magdalen papyrus to the middle of the 1st century (37 to 70 A.D.)

Chester Beatty Papyrus 46
Above. Acts and Revelation it is classified as Papyrus 46 (⁴⁶) and housed partially in Dublin, Ireland in the Chester Beatty Collection and partially in the University of Michigan, Special Collections Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Dated to the later 1st century before the reign of Emperor Domitian.

Bodmer Papyrus - 50 collected works of Scripture dated to 200 A.D. Below.




2nd century Book of Revelation fragments labelled as P18, P24, P47, P98, P115
Papyrus 32, P32, Papyrus 52, P52, Papyrus 64, P64, Papyrus 67, P67, and Papyrus 4, P4 (believed to be coming from the same codex). Papyrus 66, P66. Papyrus 90, P90. Papyrus 98, P98. Papyrus 104, P104.




1 Thessalonians 1
 
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace.

2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly^{[without ceasing]} mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers^{[brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church]} loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.

You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 

8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.



For almost 400 years, the Gospel was preserved at great cost. It was preserved - based upon reason, faith, events - people hid, ran, started new lives - not knowing what would happen. Gave up their lives. And worked desperately to bring the Good News to you.

They believed, with all of their actions - the Word of God is power; is the Holy Spirit. They had full conviction.

Believing  people, generations,  millenniums would know He chose you, the unique person reading the Bible - to be chosen, part of the family of God. Loved by God.

And because of this faith unproven, unseen, untried - the Word of the Lord - has sounded forth to you.

Serve the living and true God. Knowing His Son, Jesus Christ the Lord, is raised from the dead. And will deliver you.

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