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1 Thessalonians 1:9
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For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
For they themselves report about us what kind of an entrance we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
We've run into people who tell us how you ride. They tell us of your improvement. They tell us you no longer have other idols, but that you follow God and God alone. They've marveled at how you welcomed us with open arms.
For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
For they themselves declare concerning us, what manner of entrance to you we had, and how ye turned from idols to God,
For when others speak of us they report the reception we had from you, and how you turned from your idols to God, to be bondservants of the true and ever-living God,
For they themselues shew of vs, what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how yee turned to God from idols, to serue the liuing, and true God,
For they themselves announce concerning us what kind of entrance we have to you, and how you had turned to God from the idols, to serve the true and living God,
For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you, and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, for to serue the lyuynge and true God,
how successful our arrival was among you, and how you renounc'd your idols to serve the living and true God,
For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
For they themselves report concerning us what a welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
For they the selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages for to serve the livynge and true god
For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had to you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve as slaves to a living and true God,
For they themselves show of us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God;
for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,
People everywhere are telling about the way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell how you stopped worshiping idols and began serving the living and true God.
For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God
Everyone is talking about how you welcomed us and how you turned away from idols to serve the true and living God.
since they themselves keep telling us about the welcome we received from you and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the true God, the one who is alive,
For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
For they themselues shew of vs what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuing and true God,
For these people themselves relate how we entered first among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God;
For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
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For they learned what an entrance we had unto you, and how you turned to Aloha, from the fear of idols, to worship Aloha the living and the true;
For they declare, what an ingress we had to you, and how ye turned from the worship of idols unto God, that ye might worship the living and true God;
For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
The people themselves tell us how you received us when we came to you. They talk of how you turned to God from worshiping false gods. Now you worship the true and living God.
For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
For, they themselves, concerning us, do tell - what manner of entrance we had unto you, and how ye turned unto God from the idols - to be serving a living and true God,
For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
For they themselves report about us, what sort of welcome we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God.
People everywhere are already telling the story about the good way you accepted us when we were there with you. They tell about how you stopped worshiping idols and changed to serve the living and true God.
For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
All those people speak about how you received us when we visited you, and how you turned away from idols to God, to serve the true and living God
For thei schewen of you, what maner entre we hadden to you, and hou ye ben conuertid to God fro maumettis, to serue to the lyuynge God and veri; and to abide his sone fro heuenes,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
what: 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:13
ye: Isaiah 2:17-21, Jeremiah 16:19, Zephaniah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Malachi 1:11, Acts 14:15, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, 1 Corinthians 12:2, Galatians 4:8, Galatians 4:9
the living: Deuteronomy 5:26, 1 Samuel 17:26, 1 Samuel 17:36, Psalms 42:2, Psalms 84:2, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:17, Jeremiah 10:10, Daniel 6:26, Hosea 1:10, Romans 9:26, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Timothy 4:10, Hebrews 12:22, Revelation 17:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Numbers 23:23 - What hath Joshua 3:10 - living Ruth 1:16 - thy God 2 Kings 5:17 - will henceforth 2 Chronicles 15:3 - true God Psalms 22:27 - turn Isaiah 8:19 - for the living Isaiah 45:14 - Surely Isaiah 56:6 - join Jeremiah 23:22 - then Jeremiah 23:36 - of the Hosea 2:23 - Thou art my God Hosea 14:8 - What Malachi 2:6 - and did Malachi 3:18 - between him Matthew 16:16 - the living John 6:57 - the living John 17:3 - the only Acts 9:35 - turned Acts 11:21 - turned Acts 15:19 - turned Acts 19:26 - that not Acts 20:19 - Serving Acts 26:20 - turn Romans 1:8 - that your Romans 1:13 - even Romans 1:25 - the truth Romans 16:19 - obedience 2 Corinthians 3:3 - the living Philippians 1:13 - in all other places 1 Timothy 3:15 - the living 1 Timothy 6:17 - the living Hebrews 3:12 - the Hebrews 9:14 - to serve Revelation 7:2 - living Revelation 15:7 - who
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they themselves show of us,.... Either the above reports of the preaching of the Gospel to the Thessalonians, and of their faith in God; or rather the persons to whom these reports were brought, openly and publicly, and largely declared concerning
the apostles, what manner of entering in we had unto you; under what difficulties they laboured, what contention they had with the unbelieving Jews, what reproaches were cast upon them, and what persecutions they endured when they first entered their city and synagogue, and preached the Gospel to them; and in what manner they did preach it, with what boldness, sincerity, uprightness and affection, and without flattery, covetousness, and vain glory; and with what power it came to them, and what success attended it, and how readily, cheerfully, and reverently both they and that were received by them:
and how ye turned to God from idols; immediately and at once, upon the preaching of the Gospel to them, being first turned by the powerful and efficacious grace of God; for the first work of conversion is God's work; then they themselves, under the influence of the same grace, turned to the one God, from their internal idols, their sins and lusts, and from their external idols, their many false and fictitious deities: for the Thessalonians before the Gospel came among them were idolaters; here the "Dii Cabiri", the great and chief gods of the Gentiles, were worshipped; as Jupiter and Bacchus, Ceres and Proserpina, Pluto and Mercury, Castor and Pollux, and Esculapius; these the Macedonians, and particularly the Thessalonians, worshipped with great devotion and reverence d: but now they turned from them and forsook them,
to serve the living and true God; who is called the living God, because he has life in and of himself, and is the fountain of life to others; from whom all living creatures have their life, and are supported in it by him; and in opposition to the above idols, which were inanimate things made of wood or metal, and were images of men that had been dead long ago: and the "true" God, because he is truth itself, and cannot lie, who faithfully performs all his promises, and is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth; and in opposition to the nominal and fictitious deities of the Gentiles, which were only in name, not in truth and reality, or by nature gods: now though these Thessalonians had before done service to these idols, they now turned from them to serve the one living and true God; not only externally, by embracing and professing his Gospel, submitting to his ordinances, and walking according to the rules prescribed by him; but also internally, in the exercise of faith, hope, love, and every other grace.
d Gutherlothus de mysteriis Deor. Cabirorum, c. 15. p. 94, 95. Jul. Firmicus. de errore prof. relig. p. 18.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they themselves - They who have visited you, and they whom you have sent out; all persons testify of your piety. The apostle seems to refer to all whom he had met or had heard of “in all places,” who said anything about the Thessalonians They were unanimous in bearing testimony to their fidelity and piety.
Show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you - The testimony which they bear of you is, in fact, testimony of the manner in which we preached the gospel, and demeaned ourselves when we were with you. It shows that we were intent on our Master’s work, and that we were not actuated by selfish or sinister motives The argument is, that such effects could not have been produced among them if Paul, Silas, and their fellow laborers had been impostors. Their sound conversion to God; their change from idolatry to the true religion, and the zeal which had been the result of their conversion, was an argument to which Paul and his fellow-laborers might appeal in proof of their sincerity and their being sent from God. Paul often makes a similar appeal; compare notes on 2 Corinthians 3:2-3. It is certain that many of the Jews in Thessalonica, when Paul and his fellow-laborers were there, regarded them as impostors Acts 17:6, Acts 17:8, and there is every reason to suppose that after they left the city, they would endeavor to keep up this impression among the people. To meet this, Paul now says that their own undoubted conversion to a life of holiness and zeal under their ministry, was an unanswerable argument that this was not so. How could impostors and deceivers have been the means of producing such effects?
And how ye turned to God from idols - That is, under our preaching. This proves that the church was to a considerable extent composed of those who were converted from idolatry under the preaching of Paul; compare Intro. 4. The meaning here is, that they who came from them, or they who had visited them, bore abundant testimony to the fact that they had turned from idols to the worship of the true God; compare notes 1 Corinthians 12:2; Galatians 1:8.
To serve the living and true God - He is called the “living God” in opposition to idols - who are represented as dead, dumb, deaf, and blind; compare Psalms 135:15-17; notes, Isaiah 44:10-17; Matthew 16:16; John 5:26; Acts 14:15.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. How ye turned to God from idols — This could not be spoken either of the Jews or of the devout persons, but of the heathen Greeks, and of such it appears that the majority of the Church was formed. See what is said on this subject in the preface to this epistle.
To serve the living and true God — The living God; in opposition to the idols, which were either inanimate stocks or stones, or the representations of dead men.
The true God-In opposition to the whole system of idolatry, which was false in the objects of its adoration, false in its pretensions, false in its promises, and false in all its prospects.
