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

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. 7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For 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 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• youσύsu · youG4771
• sounded outἐξηχέωexēcheomai · to ring/sound outG1837
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• notοὐou · noG3756
• onlyμόνονmonon · onlyG3440
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• AchaiaἈχαΐαAchaia · AchaiaG882
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• God-wardθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• is spread abroadἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• so thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• needἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• notμήmē · notG3361
• to speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• any thingτιςtis · oneG5100
• ·χρείαchreia · needG5532

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 1:8

• Isaiah 2:3many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards.” For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 52:7How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
• Isaiah 66:19I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor.
• Romans 10:14How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
• 1 Corinthians 14:36Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,
• Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
• Revelation 22:17And the 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 wants it take the water of life free of charge.
• Romans 1:8First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.
• 3 John 1:12Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true.
• Exodus 18:9Jethro rejoiced because of all the good that the Lord had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt.
• 2 Corinthians 3:4Now we have such confidence in 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
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Sound
• Abroad
• Achaia
• Spread; Spreading
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Thessalonica
• Ward

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