1 Tesalonicenses 1:7

7 de tal manera que habéis sido ejemplo a todos los que han creído en Macedonia y en Acaya.

1 Tesalonicenses 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:7

So that ye were ensamples to all that believe
They were not only followers of Christ and his apostles, whom they took for examples of faith, holiness, courage, meekness, and patience; but they were patterns of good works; and of suffering afflictions to other believers, even to all that knew them, or heard of them, particularly

in Macedonia;
as at Philippi and other places: though the Gospel was first preached there, and they had received it, and a Gospel church state was formed there; yet these were more forward in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty, and were even ensamples to them to copy after; so the first are sometimes last, and the last first:

and Achaia;
another part of Greece, the metropolis of which was Corinth, where there also was a very considerable church; but these saints at Thessalonica set them an example in many things, and particularly in acts of beneficence and liberality, being one of the churches of Macedonia spoken of in ( 2 Corinthians 8:1 ) .

1 Tesalonicenses 1:7 In-Context

5 Por cuanto nuestro Evangelio no fue entre vosotros en palabra solamente, mas también en potencia, y en el Espíritu Santo, y en gran plenitud; como sabéis cuáles fuimos entre vosotros por causa de vosotros.

6 Y vosotros fuisteis hechos imitadores de nosotros, y del Señor, recibiendo la palabra con mucha tribulación, con gozo del Espíritu Santo;

7 de tal manera que habéis sido ejemplo a todos los que han creído en Macedonia y en Acaya.

8 Porque por vosotros ha sido divulgada la Palabra del Señor no sólo en Macedonia y en Acaya, mas aun en todo lugar vuestra fe, que es en Dios, se ha extendido; de tal manera que no tenemos necesidad de hablar nada.

9 Porque ellos cuentan de nosotros cuál entrada tuvimos a vosotros; y de qué manera fuisteis convertidos a Dios dejando los ídolos para servir al Dios vivo y verdadero.