1 Thessalonians 2:1
Yes, friends, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
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For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
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Psalms 73:13Yes, in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence;
Habakkuk 2:13while the peoples toil for what fires will consume, and the nations weary themselves for nothing! This the Lord of hosts has said,
1 Corinthians 15:10But it is through the love of God that I am what I am, and the love that he showed me has not been wasted. No, I have toiled harder than any of them, and yet it was not I, but the love of God working with me.
2 Corinthians 6:1Therefore, as God’s fellow workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving kindness in vain.
Galatians 4:11You make me fear that the labor which I have spent on you may have been wasted.
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 →