1 Thessalonians 2:1
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have laboured in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 6:1Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain.
Galatians 4:11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labour 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 →