1 Thessalonians 2:1
For ye yourselves know, brothers, our entrance with you, that it has not become empty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,
Isaiah 49:4But I said, I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity. Yet surely the justice [due] to me is with LORD, and my recompense with my God.
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of LORD of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
2 Corinthians 6:1And working jointly, we urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain
Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest somehow I have labored toward you in vain.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:1
In this chapter the apostle puts the Thessalonians in mind of the manner of his preaching among them, ver. 1-6 . Then of the manner of his conversation among them, ver. 7-12 . Afterwards of the success of his ministry, with the effects both on himself and on them ( ver. 13-16 ), and then apologizes for his absence, ver. 17-20 . Read the whole commentary →