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1 Thessalonians 2:1
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For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our entrance to you was not in vain,
You cowboys and cowgirls remember that we didn't just make a social call when we came to work your pastures.
For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you hasn't been found vain,
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,
For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
For your selues, brethren, knowe our entrance in vnto you, that it was not in vaine.
For brothers, you yourselves know our entrance to you, that it has not been without fruit.
For ye youre selues (brethren) knowe of oure intrauce vnto you, how that it was not in vayne,
And you are satisfied, my brethren, that our address to you was not fallacious:
So, friends, it's obvious that our visit to you was no waste of time. We had just been given rough treatment in Philippi, as you know, but that didn't slow us down. We were sure of ourselves in God, and went right ahead and said our piece, presenting God's Message to you, defiant of the opposition.
For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;
For ye youre selves knowe brethren of oure entraunce in vnto you howe that it was not in vayne:
For yourselves, brothers, know our entering in to you, that it has not been found vain:
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,
Brothers and sisters, you know our visit to you was not a failure.
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you—it has not proven to be purposeless.
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
My friends, you know that our time with you wasn't wasted.
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not fruitless.
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,
SO you yourselves, my brethren, know that our entrance among you was not in vain:
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you hasn't been found vain,
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.1 Thessalonians 1:5,9;">[xr]
And you know, my brethren, that our entrance unto you was not in vain,
And ye yourselves, my brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain:
Acts 17:1-9">[xr] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.
You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure.
Christian brothers, you know that my visit with you was not wasted.
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain,
For, yourselves, know, brethren, our entrance which was unto you - that it hath not proved void;
For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
For you yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,
For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:
Brothers and sisters, you know that our visit to you was not a failure.
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our reception among you was not in vain,
Our friends, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a failure.
For, britheren, ye witen oure entre to you, for it was not veyn;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our: 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:3-10, 2 Thessalonians 3:1
in vain: 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Job 39:16, Psalms 73:13, Psalms 127:1, Isaiah 49:4, Isaiah 65:23, Habakkuk 2:13, 1 Corinthians 15:2, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 4:11, Philippians 2:16
Reciprocal: Acts 20:18 - after Philippians 1:23 - in 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - what 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - what
Cross-References
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you,.... The apostle having observed in 1 Thessalonians 1:9 that those persons to whom the report of the Gospel being preached at Thessalonica, and the success of it there was made, showed everywhere both what manner of entrance he and his fellow ministers had in that place, and the conversion of many souls there; he enlarges upon the latter, and here reassumes the former, and appeals to the Thessalonians themselves, who must know full well, and better than others, what an entrance it was; and which is to be understood not merely of a corporeal entrance into their city and synagogue, but of their coming among them, by the preaching of the Gospel, as the ministers of the word and ambassadors of Christ:
that it was not in vain; it was not a vain show with outward pomp and splendour, as the public entrances of ambassadors into cities usually are; but with great meanness, poverty, reproach, and persecution, having been lately beaten and ill used at Philippi; nor was it with great swelling words of vanity, with the enticing words of man's wisdom, to tickle the ear, please the fancy, and work upon the passions of natural men, in which manner the false teachers came: but the apostle came not with deceit and guile, with flattering words or a cloak of covetousness, or with a view to vain glory and worldly advantage; nor was the message they came with, from the King of kings, a vain, light, empty, and trifling one; but solid and substantial, and of the greatest importance; the doctrine they taught was not comparable to chaff and wind; it was not corrupt philosophy and vain deceit, the traditions and commandments of men, but sound doctrine, the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ: nor was it fruitless and without effect; the word did not return void and empty; but was powerful and efficacious to the conversion of many souls. Christ was with them both to assist them in their ministry, and to bless it to the salvation of men; nor was their coming to Thessalonica an human scheme, a rash enterprise, engaged in on their own heads, on a slight and empty foundation; but upon good and solid grounds, by divine direction and counsel; see Acts 16:9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For 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 Corinthians 9:19-27; 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. Every minister of the gospel ought so to live as to be able, when slanderously attacked, to make such an appeal to his people.
That it was not in vain - κενὴ kenē This word means:
(1)Empty, vain, fruitless,” or without success;
(2)That in which there is no truth or reality - “false, fallacious;” Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8.
Here it seems, from the connection 1 Thessalonians 2:3-5, to be used in the latter sense, as denoting that they were not deceivers. The object does not appear to be so much to show that their ministry was successful, as to meet a charge of their adversaries that they were impostors. Paul tells them that from their own observation they knew that this was not so.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
The apostle sets forth how the Gospel was brought and preached
to the Thessalonians, in consequence of his being persecuted at
Philippi, 1, 2.
The manner in which the apostles preached, the matter of their
doctrine, and the tenor of their lives, 3-11.
He exhorts them to walk worthy of God, 12.
And commends them for the manner in which they received the
Gospel, 13.
How they suffered from their own countrymen, as the first
believers did from the Jews, who endeavoured to prevent the
apostles from preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles, 14-16.
St. Paul's apology for his absence from them; and his earnest
desire to see them, founded on his great affection for them,
17-20.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Our 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.
