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2 Thessalonians 1:4
4Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
2 Thessalonians 1:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
- New King James Version (NKJV)so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
- New Living Translation (NLT)We proudly tell God’s other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.
Context of 2 Thessalonians 1:4
2Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. 5All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. 6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
Read all of 2 Thessalonians 12 Thessalonians 1:4 word by word
ὥστε αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ὑμῶν καὶ πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς διωγμοῖς ὑμῶν καὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν αἷς ἀνέχεσθε,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- So thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
- weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- ourselvesαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- gloryκαυχάομαιkauchaomai · to boastG2744
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- youσύsu · youG4771
- the churchesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the churchesἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
- patienceὑπομονήhupomonē · perseveranceG5281
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- persecutionsδιωγμόςdiōgmos · persecutionG1375
- tribulationsθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
- thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- ye endureἀνέχωanechomai · to endureG430
Cross-references for 2 Thessalonians 1:4
- 2 Corinthians 7:14I had boasted to him about you, and you have not embarrassed me. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has proved to be true as well.
- 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- Romans 2:7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
- Romans 5:3Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- Romans 8:25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
- Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
- Hebrews 6:15And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
- Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
- Hebrews 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
- James 1:3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
- James 5:7Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
- 2 Peter 1:6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
Commentaries on 2 Thessalonians 1:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4We ourselves glory in you in the Churches of God - We hold you up as an example of what the grace of God, can produce when communicated to honest and faithful hearts. For your patience and faith - From Acts 17:5, Acts 17:13, and from 1 Thessalonians 2:14, we learn, that the people of Thessalonica had suffered much persecution, both from the Jews and their own countrymen; but being thoroughly convinced of the truth of the Gospel, and feeling it to be the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God - That is, we mention your example to other churches, and glory in it, as an evidence of what the gospel is suited to do; see the notes on 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20; compare the notes on 2 Corinthians 9:2. For your patience - Your patient endurance of trials. And faith - Fidelity, or constancy. You have shown unwavering confidence in God in your afflictions. In all your persecutions and tribulations…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Paul praised the Thessalonians' perseverance and faith to other churches. This praise would encourage the Thessalonians to remain strong and loyal despite persecution (1 Thessalonians 2:14; 3:3–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. glory in you--make our boast of you, literally, "in your case." "Ourselves" implies that not merely did they hear others speaking of the Thessalonians' faith, but they, the missionaries themselves, boasted of it. Compare 1Th 1:8, wherein the apostle said, their faith was so well known in various places, that he and his fellow missionaries had no need to speak of it; but here he says, so abounding is their love, combined with faith and patience, that he…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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