1 Thessalonians 2:1

For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.

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Cross References

Psalms 73:13Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.

Isaiah 49:4And I said, I haue labored in vaine: I haue spent my strength in vaine and for nothing: but my iudgement is with the Lord, and my woorke with my God.

Habakkuk 2:13Beholde, is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shall labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.

1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

2 Corinthians 6:1So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.

Galatians 4:11I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vaine.

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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