Cross references

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

1 Thessalonians 3:5 BSB

1 Thessalonians 3:5 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 1:13–14 (7 votes) and Matthew 4:3 (5 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from 1 Samuel 17 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 1 Thessalonians 3:5 point to?

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  1. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

  2. The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

  3. in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

  4. But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

  5. I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. …

  6. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

  7. as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

  8. Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

  9. For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, …

  10. I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

  11. So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens. We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

  12. But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.

Which verses point to 1 Thessalonians 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 28.