1 Thessalonians 2:1

For ye youre selves knowe brethren of oure entraunce in vnto you howe that it was not in vayne:

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For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

In Context

2but even after that we had suffered before and were shamfully entreated at Phillippos (as ye well knowe) then were we bolde in oure God to speake vnto you the gospell of God with moche strivynge.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me was not in vayne: but I labored moare aboundauntly then they all not I but the grace of God which is with me.

2 Corinthians 6:1We as helpers therfore exhorte you that ye receave not the grace of god in (vayne)

Galatians 4:11I am in feare of you lest I have bestowed on you laboure in vayne.

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 →

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