1 Thessalonians 2:1
For you have known, brothers, that our entrance to you has not been in vain,
Literal Standard 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 73:13Only—a vain thing! I have purified my heart, || And I wash my hands in innocence,
Isaiah 49:4And I said, “I labored in vain, || I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, || But my judgment [is] with YHWH, || And my wage with my God.”
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not from YHWH of Hosts || And peoples are fatigued for fire, || And nations for vanity are weary?
1 Corinthians 15:10and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] toward me did not come in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;
2 Corinthians 6:1And also working together we call on [you] that you do not receive the grace of God in vain—
Galatians 4:11I am afraid for you, lest I labored in vain for you.
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 →