1 Thessalonians 2:13
For this cause also thank we Elohim without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of Elohim which ye heard of us, ye received not the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of Elohim, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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Context
11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of Elohim, who has called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause also thank we Elohim without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of Elohim which ye heard of us, ye received not the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of Elohim, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of Elohim which in Judaea are in Messiah Yahusha: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they of the Jews:
15 Who both killed the Lord Yahusha, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not Elohim, and are contrary to all men: