1 Thessalonians 2:1

1 Thessalonians 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
• New International Version (NIV)You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 2:1

You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure. 2You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition. 3So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.

1 Thessalonians 2:1 word by word

Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε, ἀδελφοί, τὴν εἴσοδον ἡμῶν τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὅτι οὐ κενὴ γέγονεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• yourselvesαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• entrance inεἴσοδοςeisodos · entryG1529
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• it wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• notοὐou · noG3756
• in vainκενόςkenos · emptyG2756

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:1

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapidly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5That is why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out whether your faith was still strong. I was afraid that the tempter had gotten the best of you and that our work had been useless.
• Job 39:16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die.
• Psalms 73:13Did I keep my heart pure for nothing? Did I keep myself innocent for no reason?
• Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
• Isaiah 49:4I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the Lord’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.”
• Isaiah 65:23They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. For they are people blessed by the Lord, and their children, too, will be blessed.
• Habakkuk 2:13Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain!
• 1 Corinthians 15:2It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.
• Galatians 2:2I went there because God revealed to me that I should go. While I was there I met privately with those considered to be leaders of the church and shared with them the message I had been preaching to the Gentiles. I wanted to make sure that we were in agreement, for fear that all my efforts had been wasted and I was running the race for nothing.
• Galatians 4:11I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
• Philippians 2:16Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Our entrance in unto you - His first coming to preach the Gospel was particularly owned of the Lord, many of them having been converted under his ministry. This consideration gave him a right to deliver all the following exhortations.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you - notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:9. Paul appeals to themselves for proof that they had not come among them as impostors. They had had a full opportunity to see them, and to know what influenced them. Paul frequently appeals to his own life, and to what they, among whom he labored, knew of it, as a full refutation of the slanderous accusations of his enemies; compare notes, 1 Corinthians 4:10-16; 1…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The apostle reminds the Thessalonians of his preaching and behaviour. (1-12) And of their receiving the gospel as the word of God. (13-16) His joy on their account. (17-20) Verses 1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with contention, with striving in preaching, and against opposition. And as the matter of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The Greek word for visit often means the process of entering a city. Ancient speakers were famous for their grand entrances into cities. Paul's arrival in Thessalonica should be judged by its successful outcomes, not by its lack of display or ceremony.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201Th 2:1-20. His Manner of Preaching, and Theirs of Receiving, the Gospel; His Desire to Have Revisited Them Frustrated by Satan. 1. For--confirming 1Th 1:9. He discusses the manner of his fellow missionaries' preaching among them (1Th 1:5, and former part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:1-12; and the Thessalonians' reception of the word (compare 1Th 1:6, 7, and latter part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:13-16. yourselves--Not only do strangers report it, but you know it to be…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Affectionately
• Bold
• Chargeable
• Cherish
• Desire
• Joy
• Paul, the Apostle
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Philippi, Philippians

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