1 Thessalonians 2:14

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
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God’s churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:14

12we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. 13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. 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, 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind 16by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!

1 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• becameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• followersμιμητήςmimētēs · imitatorG3402
• of the churchesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the churchesἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• have sufferedπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• like thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• your ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• countrymenσυμφυλέτηςsumphuletēs · fellow countrymanG4853
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:14

• 1 Thessalonians 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,
• Acts 9:31So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
• Galatians 1:22And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Thessalonians 3:4For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
• Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
• Acts 8:1And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
• Acts 11:19Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
• Acts 12:1About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
• Hebrews 5:7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
• Hebrews 10:33sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

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

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 2:14

• Church
• Paul
• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
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• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Judea, Judah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Christ, Jesus

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