---
title: "Scofield"
description: "work of faith Lit. operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled patience. how ye turned The tenses of the believer"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/scofields-reference-notes/1-thessalonians/1"
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**work of faith**
Lit. operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled patience.

**how ye turned**
The tenses of the believer's life here indicated are logical and give the true order. They occur also in [1 Thessalonians 1:3](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/1/3). The "work of faith" is to "turn to God from idols" (cf) [John 6:28](../../../kjv/john/6/28); [John 6:29](../../../kjv/john/6/29) the "labour of love" is to "serve the living and true God"; and the "patience of hope" is to "wait for his Son from heaven" (cf) ; [Matthew 24:42](../../../kjv/matthew/24/42); [Matthew 25:13](../../../kjv/matthew/25/13); [Luke 12:36-48](../../../kjv/luke/12/36-48); [Acts 1:11](../../../kjv/acts/1/11); [Philippians 3:20](../../../kjv/philippians/3/20); [Philippians 3:21](../../../kjv/philippians/3/21). Paul repeats this threefold sequence in [Titus 2:11-13](../../../kjv/titus/2/11-13).

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