1 Tesalonicenses 1:7

7 de manera que llegasteis a ser un ejemplo para todos los creyentes 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 pues nuestro evangelio no vino a vosotros solamente en palabras, sino también en poder y en el Espíritu Santo y con plena convicción; como sabéis qué clase de personas demostramos ser entre vosotros por amor a vosotros.

6 Y vosotros vinisteis a ser imitadores de nosotros y del Señor, habiendo recibido la palabra, en medio de mucha tribulación, con el gozo del Espíritu Santo,

7 de manera que llegasteis a ser un ejemplo para todos los creyentes en Macedonia y en Acaya.

8 Porque saliendo de vosotros, la palabra del Señor ha resonado, no sólo en Macedonia y Acaya, sino que también por todas partes vuestra fe en Dios se ha divulgado, de modo que nosotros no tenemos necesidad de hablar nada.

9 Pues ellos mismos cuentan acerca de nosotros, de la acogida que tuvimos por parte de vosotros, y de cómo os convertisteis de los ídolos a Dios para servir al Dios vivo y verdadero,