1 Thessalonians 2:1 You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.

English Standard Version
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.

New American Standard Bible
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.

International Standard Version
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.

American Standard Version
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

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

Darby Bible Translation
For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain;

Young's Literal Translation
For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

2:1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with contention, with striving in preaching, and against opposition. And as the matter of the apostle's exhortation was true and pure, the manner of his speaking was without guile. The gospel of Christ is designed for mortifying corrupt affections, and that men may be brought under the power of faith. This is the great motive to sincerity, to consider that God not only sees all we do, but knows our thoughts afar off, and searches the heart. And it is from this God who trieth our hearts, that we must receive our reward. The evidences of the apostle's sincerity were, that he avoided flattery and covetousness. He avoided ambition and vain-glory.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 2

1Th 2:1-20. His Manner of Preaching, and Theirs of Receiving, the Gospel; His Desire to Have Revisited Them Frustrated by Satan.

1. For—confirming 1Th 1:9. He discusses the manner of his fellow missionaries' preaching among them (1Th 1:5, and former part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:1-12; and the Thessalonians' reception of the word (compare 1Th 1:6, 7, and latter part of 1Th 2:9) at 1Th 2:13-16.

yourselves—Not only do strangers report it, but you know it to be true [Alford] "yourselves."

not in vain—Greek, "not vain," that is, it was full of "power" (1Th 1:5). The Greek for "was," expresses rather "hath been and is," implying the permanent and continuing character of his preaching.