1 Thessalonians 1:7

1 Thessalonians 1:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
• New International Version (NIV)And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
• English Standard Version (ESV)so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
• New King James Version (NKJV)so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 1:7

5in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). 6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction. As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything. 9For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Thessalonians 1:7 word by word

ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπον πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• wereγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ensamplesτύποςtupos · mark/exampleG5179
• to allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• thatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• AchaiaἈχαΐαAchaia · AchaiaG882

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 1:7

• 1 Thessalonians 4:10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
• 1 Timothy 4:12Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
• 1 Peter 5:3And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:8For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything.
• Acts 16:12and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days.
• Acts 1:13When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.
• Acts 18:1After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 1:1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
• 2 Corinthians 9:2because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:9When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 1:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Ye were ensamples - · Types, models, or patterns; according to which all the Churches in Macedonia and Achaia formed both their creed and their conduct.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7So that ye were ensamples to all that believe - Examples in reference to the firmness with which you embraced the gospel, the fidelity with which you adhered to it in trials, and the zeal which you showed in spreading it abroad. These things are specified in the previous and subsequent verses as characterizing their piety. The word here rendered “ensamples” - ́ tuponsingular - is that from which the word type is derived. It properly denotes anything…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. 77. ensamples--So some of the oldest manuscripts read. Others, "ensample" (singular), the whole Church being regarded as one. The Macedonian Church of Philippi was the only one in Europe converted before the Thessalonians. Therefore he means their past conduct is an ensample to all believers now; of whom he specifies those "in Macedonia" because he had been there since the conversion of the Thessalonians, and had left Silvanus and Timotheus there; and…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 1:7

• Example
• Influence
• Works
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Macedonia
• Sound
• Type
• Example
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Achaia
• joy, joyful, rejoice, glad

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