1st Thessalonians Chapter 2 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV 1stThessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
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BBE 1stThessalonians 2:1

For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
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DARBY 1stThessalonians 2:1

For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;
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KJV 1stThessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
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WBT 1stThessalonians 2:1


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WEB 1stThessalonians 2:1

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,
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YLT 1stThessalonians 2:1

For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - For yourselves, brethren; in contrast to other persons. Not only do strangers report the power and efficacy of our preaching among you, but you yourselves arc experimentally acquainted with it. Know our entrance in unto you; referring, not merely to the mere preaching of the gospel to the Thessalonians, but to the entrance which the gospel found into their hearts - to its coming, not in word only, but also in power (1 Thessalonians 1:5). That it was not in vain; not empty, useless, to no purpose, - descriptive of the character of the apostolic entrance among them. Our entrance among you was not powerless, unreal; on the contrary, it was mighty, energetic, powerful. The reference is chiefly to the manner or mode in which Paul and his companions preached the gospel, though not entirely excluding the success of the gospel among the Thessalonians (comp. l Corinthians 15:14, "And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain").

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersII.(1) For yourselves brethren, know.--The writers' purpose is practical, not didactic; they there-fore animate their converts with the stirring memories of their conversion. "We need not go to these foreign witnesses for the tale of how we came to you; for you recollect it as if it were yesterday." The "for" (as in 1Thessalonians 1:8) implies "for in fact," "for after all." The thought of 1Thessalonians 1:5; 1Thessalonians 1:9. is here resumed, but with a different purpose: there it was to prove that the work was God's work; here, "to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance."Not in vain draws a little too much attention to the result of their coming. It should be, not vain--i.e., not purposeless and idle. This may be seen from the contrast drawn in the following words.