^29 (A)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and ^(B)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

¹³ And ^(A)we also thank God constantly^[a] for this, that when you received ^(B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men^[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which is at work in you believers.