1 Thessalonians 1:7
Thus you became a pattern to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 1:13On entering the city they went to the upper room where they were accustomed to meet. They were Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Acts 18:1After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 9:2for I know how ready you are, and am always boasting about you to the Macedonians, telling them that Greece has been ready for a year past; and your zeal has been a spur to the majority of them.
1 Thessalonians 1:8For the word of the Lord has been sounded forth from you, and its sound has been heard not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place where the tidings of your faith toward God have been spread abroad, so that I have no need to speak of it.
1 Timothy 4:12Let no one despise you on account of your youth, but become an example for the faithful in word, in life, in love, in faith, in purity.
1 Peter 5:3not by way of lording it over your heritage, but by becoming examples to the flock.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 1:7-10
Evidence of the Apostle's Success. ( a. d. 51.) 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. 9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye… Read the whole commentary →