1 Thessalonians 1:8

1 Thessalonians 1:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 1:8

6You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything. 9For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, 10and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is, Jesus who rescues us from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:8 word by word

ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν γὰρ ἐξήχηται ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου οὐ μόνον ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐξελήλυθεν, ὥστε μὴ χρείαν ἔχειν ἡμᾶς λαλεῖν τι.Read the interlinear

• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• soundedἐξηχέωexēcheomai · to ring/sound outG1837
• from you, not onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• AchaiaἈχαΐαAchaia · AchaiaG882
• in everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• your faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• towardπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• has goneἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• soὥστεhōste · soG5620
• we haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noμήmē · notG3361
• needχρείαchreia · needG5532
• to sayλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• anythingτιςtis · oneG5100

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 1:8

• Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; So that He may teach us about His ways, And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go out from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 52:7How delightful on the mountains Are the feet of one who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
• Isaiah 66:19And I will put a sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
• Romans 10:14How then are they to call on Him in whom they have not believed? How are they to believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
• 1 Corinthians 14:36Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it was also with you;
• Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel flying in midheaven with an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people;
• Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires, take the water of life without cost.
• Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the world.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4As a result, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.
• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we testify too, and you know that our testimony is true.
• Exodus 18:9And Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the Lord had done for Israel, in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians.
• 2 Corinthians 3:4Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 1:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8From you sounded out - As Thessalonica vas very conveniently situated for traffic, many merchants from thence traded through Macedonia, Achaia, and different parts of Greece. By these, the fame of the Thessalonians having received the doctrine of the Gospel was doubtless carried far and wide. And it appears that they had walked so conscientiously before God and man, that their friends could speak of them without a blush, and their adversaries could say…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For from you sounded out the word of the Lord - The truths of religion were thus spread abroad. The word rendered “sounded out” - ̓́ exēchētai- refers to the sounding of a trumpet (Bloomfield), and the idea is, that the gospel was proclaimed like the sonorous voice of a trumpet echoing from place to place; compare Isaiah 58:1; Revelation 1:10. Their influence had an effect in diffusing the gospel in other places, as if the sound of a trumpet echoed and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 When careless, ignorant, and immoral persons are turned from their carnal pursuits and connexions, to believe in and obey the Lord Jesus, to live soberly, righteously, and godly, the matter speaks for itself. The believers under the Old Testament waited for the coming of the Messiah, and believers now wait for his second coming. He is yet to come. And God had raised him from the dead, which is a full assurance unto all men that he will come to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The Thessalonians' strong faith and proclamation of the good news about Jesus spread through Macedonia and Achaia.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. from you sounded ... the word of the Lord--not that they actually became missionaries: but they, by the report which spread abroad of their "faith" (compare Ro 1:8), and by Christian merchants of Thessalonica who travelled in various directions, bearing "the word of the Lord" with them, were virtually missionaries, recommending the Gospel to all within reach of their influence by word and by example (1Th 1:7). In "sounded," the image is that of a…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 1:8

• Example
• Influence
• Word of God
• Works
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• God
• Macedonia
• Sound
• Abroad
• Achaia
• Spread; Spreading
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Thessalonica
• Ward
• heaven, sky, heavens, heavenly

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 1

• 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