American Standard Version
1 Thessalonians 2:14
14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
1 Thessalonians 2:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
- New International Version (NIV)For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans,
Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:14
12to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory. 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. For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews; 15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men; 16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 21 Thessalonians 2:14 word by word
ὑμεῖς γὰρ μιμηταὶ ἐγενήθητε, ἀδελφοί, τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν οὐσῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ ἐπάθετε καὶ ὑμεῖς ὑπὸ τῶν ἰδίων συμφυλετῶν, καθὼς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων,Read the interlinear
- becameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- imitatorsμιμητήςmimētēs · imitatorG3402
- churchesἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- sufferedπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
- sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:14
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
- Acts 9:31So the church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
- Galatians 1:22And I was still unknown by face unto the churches of Judæa which were in Christ:
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
- Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
- 2 Corinthians 8:1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;
- Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.
- Acts 9:1But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
- Acts 11:19They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- Hebrews 10:33partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Ye - became followers of the Churches of God - There is not a word here of the Church of Rome being the model after which the other Churches were to be formed; it had no such pre-eminence: this honor belonged to the Churches of Judea; it was according to them, not the Church at Rome, that the Asiatic Churches were modelled. The purest of all the apostolic Churches was that of the Thessalonians, and this was formed after the Christian Churches in Judea…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus - Which are united to the Lord Jesus, or which are founded on his truth: that is, which are true churches. Of those churches they became “imitators” - ̀ mimētai- to wit, in their sufferings. This does not mean that they were founded on the same model; or that they professed to be the followers of those churches, but that they had been treated in the same way, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish, and fickle; but God's word is holy, wise, just, and faithful. Let us receive and regard it accordingly. The word wrought in them, to make them examples to others in faith and good works, and in patience under sufferings, and in trials for the sake of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The Thessalonian Christians suffered persecution. Their actions showed that they accepted the word of God (1:6). By suffering persecution, the Thessalonians followed the pattern of the apostles, the churches in Judea, and Christ himself (Acts 8:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. followers--Greek, "imitators." Divine working is most of all seen and felt in affliction. in Judea--The churches of Judea were naturally the patterns to other churches, as having been the first founded, and that on the very scene of Christ's own ministry. Reference to them is specially appropriate here, as the Thessalonians, with Paul and Silas, had experienced from Jews in their city persecutions (Ac 17:5-9) similar to those which "the churches in…Read the comment
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- 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
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