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

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: 2But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention. 3For our exhortation was not from deceit, nor from uncleanness, nor in guile:

1 Thessalonians 2:1 word by word

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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• yourselvesαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• ourἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• entranceεἴσοδοςeisodos · entryG1529
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youὑμᾶςhumas · youG5209
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• notοὐou · noG3756
• vainκενόςkenos · emptyG2756

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 2:1

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13For this cause also we thank God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard from us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
• Job 39:16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
• Psalms 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
• Psalms 127:1Except the LORD shall build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.
• Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
• Isaiah 65:23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
• Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour only for fire, and the people shall weary themselves for nothing?
• 1 Corinthians 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
• Galatians 2:2And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
• Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
• Philippians 2:16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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