1 Thessalonians 2:1
For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,
Young's Literal Translation
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 73:13Only — a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Isaiah 49:4And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
Habakkuk 2:13Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
1 Corinthians 15:10and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that [is] towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that [is] with me;
2 Corinthians 6:1And working together also we call upon [you] that ye receive not in vain the grace of God —
Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward 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 →