¹³ But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

²⁵ (There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.

²⁷ And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,

⁵ But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

² But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

¹² And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

⁵¹ Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

¹³ But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

²⁵ He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

¹⁸ An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

¹⁴ For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

¹⁵ Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

¹⁶ Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.