1 Thessalonians 2:1

1 Thessalonians 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
• New International Version (NIV)You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: 2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict. 3For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

1 Thessalonians 2:1 word by word

Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε, ἀδελφοί, τὴν εἴσοδον ἡμῶν τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὅτι οὐ κενὴ γέγονεν·Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:1

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as alsoit iswith you;
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
• Job 39:16She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, she is without fear;
• Psalms 73:13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
• Psalms 127:1Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
• Isaiah 49:4But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.
• Isaiah 65:23They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
• Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
• 1 Corinthians 15:2by which also ye are saved, if ye hold fast the word which I preached unto you, except ye believed in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
• Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
• Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
• Philippians 2:16holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Our entrance in unto you - His first coming to preach the Gospel was particularly owned of the Lord, many of them having been converted under his ministry. This consideration gave him a right to deliver all the following exhortations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you - notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:9. Paul appeals to themselves for proof that they had not come among them as impostors. They had had a full opportunity to see them, and to know what influenced them. Paul frequently appeals to his own life, and to what they, among whom he labored, knew of it, as a full refutation of the slanderous accusations of his enemies; compare notes, 1 Corinthians 4:10-16; 1…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour. (1-12) And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God. (13-16) His joy on their account. (17-20) Verses 1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with contention, with striving in preaching, and against opposition. And as the matter of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The Greek word for visit often means the process of entering a city. Ancient speakers were famous for their grand entrances into cities. Paul's arrival in Thessalonica should be judged by its successful outcomes, not by its lack of display or ceremony.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201Th 2:1-20. His Manner of Preaching, and Theirs of Receiving, the Gospel; His Desire to Have Revisited Them Frustrated by Satan. 1. For--confirming 1Th 1:9. He discusses the manner of his fellow missionaries' preaching among them (1Th 1:5, and former part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:1-12; and the Thessalonians' reception of the word (compare 1Th 1:6, 7, and latter part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:13-16. yourselves--Not only do strangers report it, but you know it to be…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Affectionately
• Bold
• Chargeable
• Cherish
• Desire
• Joy
• Paul, the Apostle
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Philippi, Philippians

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings