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1 Thessalonians 1:8
8The 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,
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And now the word of the Lord is ringing out from you to people everywhere, even beyond Macedonia and Achaia, for wherever we go we find people telling us about your faith in God. We don’t need to tell them about it,
Context of 1 Thessalonians 1:8
6You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 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, 9for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell 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, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
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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 mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
- Isaiah 66:19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.
- Romans 10:14How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
- 1 Corinthians 14:36Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1As for other matters, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.
- Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.
- Revelation 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.
- Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
- 3 John 1:12Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.
- Exodus 18:9Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians.
- 2 Corinthians 3:4Such confidence we have through Christ before God.
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
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- 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
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