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
• 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

12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. 13And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe. For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews, 15who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

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, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
• Acts 9:31Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers.
• Galatians 1:22But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:1From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!
• 2 Thessalonians 1:1From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:4For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
• Acts 17:1After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,
• Acts 8:1And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 9:1Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
• Acts 11:19Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.
• Acts 12:1About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.
• Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
• Hebrews 10:33At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

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

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• Christ
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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