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THE MESSAGE
1 Thessalonians 2:1
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For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our visit with you was not without result.
For your selues, brethren, knowe our entrance in vnto you, that it was not in vaine.
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our reception among you was not in vain,
Brothers and sisters, you know our visit to you was not a failure.
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our entrance to you was not in vain,
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
My friends, you know that our time with you wasn't wasted.
You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not fruitless.
For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;
Brothers and sisters, you know that our visit to you was not a failure.
For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine,
SO you yourselves, my brethren, know that our entrance among you was not in vain:
Our friends, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not a failure.
For you yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,
For brothers, you yourselves know our entrance to you, that it has not been without fruit.
For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you hasn't been found vain,
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.1 Thessalonians 1:5,9;">[xr]
And you know, my brethren, that our entrance unto you was not in vain,
And ye yourselves, my brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain:
For ye your selues, brethren, knowe our entraunce in vnto you, yt it was not in vayne:
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you hasn't been found vain,
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,
For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
For, britheren, ye witen oure entre to you, for it was not veyn;
For yourselves, brothers, know our entering in to you, that it has not been found vain:
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you—it has not proven to be purposeless.
Acts 17:1-9">[xr] For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.
You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure.
Christian brothers, you know that my visit with you was not wasted.
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain,
For, yourselves, know, brethren, our entrance which was unto you - that it hath not proved void;
For yourselves know, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;
For ye youre selves knowe brethren of oure entraunce in vnto you howe that it was not in vayne:
For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,
For ye youre selues (brethren) knowe of oure intrauce vnto you, how that it was not in vayne,
And you are satisfied, my brethren, that our address to you was not fallacious:
You cowboys and cowgirls remember that we didn't just make a social call when we came to work your pastures.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our: 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:3-10, 2 Thessalonians 3:1
in vain: 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Job 39:16, Psalms 73:13, Psalms 127:1, Isaiah 49:4, Isaiah 65:23, Habakkuk 2:13, 1 Corinthians 15:2, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 4:11, Philippians 2:16
Reciprocal: Acts 20:18 - after Philippians 1:23 - in 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - what 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - what
Cross-References
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you,.... The apostle having observed in 1 Thessalonians 1:9 that those persons to whom the report of the Gospel being preached at Thessalonica, and the success of it there was made, showed everywhere both what manner of entrance he and his fellow ministers had in that place, and the conversion of many souls there; he enlarges upon the latter, and here reassumes the former, and appeals to the Thessalonians themselves, who must know full well, and better than others, what an entrance it was; and which is to be understood not merely of a corporeal entrance into their city and synagogue, but of their coming among them, by the preaching of the Gospel, as the ministers of the word and ambassadors of Christ:
that it was not in vain; it was not a vain show with outward pomp and splendour, as the public entrances of ambassadors into cities usually are; but with great meanness, poverty, reproach, and persecution, having been lately beaten and ill used at Philippi; nor was it with great swelling words of vanity, with the enticing words of man's wisdom, to tickle the ear, please the fancy, and work upon the passions of natural men, in which manner the false teachers came: but the apostle came not with deceit and guile, with flattering words or a cloak of covetousness, or with a view to vain glory and worldly advantage; nor was the message they came with, from the King of kings, a vain, light, empty, and trifling one; but solid and substantial, and of the greatest importance; the doctrine they taught was not comparable to chaff and wind; it was not corrupt philosophy and vain deceit, the traditions and commandments of men, but sound doctrine, the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ: nor was it fruitless and without effect; the word did not return void and empty; but was powerful and efficacious to the conversion of many souls. Christ was with them both to assist them in their ministry, and to bless it to the salvation of men; nor was their coming to Thessalonica an human scheme, a rash enterprise, engaged in on their own heads, on a slight and empty foundation; but upon good and solid grounds, by divine direction and counsel; see Acts 16:9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you - notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:9. Paul appeals to themselves for proof that they had not come among them as impostors. They had had a full opportunity to see them, and to know what influenced them. Paul frequently appeals to his own life, and to what they, among whom he labored, knew of it, as a full refutation of the slanderous accusations of his enemies; compare notes, 1 Corinthians 4:10-16; 1 Corinthians 9:19-27; 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. Every minister of the gospel ought so to live as to be able, when slanderously attacked, to make such an appeal to his people.
That it was not in vain - κενὴ kenē This word means:
(1)Empty, vain, fruitless,” or without success;
(2)That in which there is no truth or reality - “false, fallacious;” Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8.
Here it seems, from the connection 1 Thessalonians 2:3-5, to be used in the latter sense, as denoting that they were not deceivers. The object does not appear to be so much to show that their ministry was successful, as to meet a charge of their adversaries that they were impostors. Paul tells them that from their own observation they knew that this was not so.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
The apostle sets forth how the Gospel was brought and preached
to the Thessalonians, in consequence of his being persecuted at
Philippi, 1, 2.
The manner in which the apostles preached, the matter of their
doctrine, and the tenor of their lives, 3-11.
He exhorts them to walk worthy of God, 12.
And commends them for the manner in which they received the
Gospel, 13.
How they suffered from their own countrymen, as the first
believers did from the Jews, who endeavoured to prevent the
apostles from preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles, 14-16.
St. Paul's apology for his absence from them; and his earnest
desire to see them, founded on his great affection for them,
17-20.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Our entrance in unto you — His first coming to preach the Gospel was particularly owned of the Lord, many of them having been converted under his ministry. This consideration gave him a right to deliver all the following exhortations.
