Tièsāluóníjiāqiánshū 1:6

6 Bìngqiĕ nǐmen zaì dà nàn zhī zhōng , méng le Shènglíng suǒ cì de xǐlè , lǐngshòu zhēn dào , jiù xiàofǎ wǒmen , yĕ xiàofǎ le zhǔ .

Tièsāluóníjiāqiánshū 1:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord
So far followers of them as they were of Christ, in embracing the Gospel, submitting to the ordinances of it, professing the name of Christ, and suffering for his sake; the Alexandrian copy reads, "of God", and others, "of Christ":

having received the word;
the Gospel, the word of truth, peace, and righteousness, and of salvation by Christ; which they received not as the word of man, but of God; and that

in much affliction;
referring to the uproar made by the baser sort of people, instigated by the unbelieving Jews, and the trouble they gave to Jason and other brethren, mentioned in ( Acts 17:1 Acts 17:5-9 ) and this is a considerable commendation of them, that at a time when others were offended and fell off from hearing the word, and a profession of the Gospel, they should receive it, and that

with much joy of the Holy Ghost;
not with a carnal joy, or with a mere flash of natural affection, as in the stony ground hearers, and in the Jews, who rejoiced for a while in John's ministry, and in Herod, who sometimes heard him gladly; but with a spiritual joy of the Holy Ghost's producing in them, applying the word with power to them, giving them a spiritual gust of it, and pleasure in it, raising in their souls a joy upon the most solid foundation.

Tièsāluóníjiāqiánshū 1:6 In-Context

4 Beì shén suǒ aì de dìxiōng a , wǒ zhīdào nǐmen shì méng jiǎnxuǎn de .

5 Yīnwei wǒmen de fúyin chuán dào nǐmen nàli , bù dú zaìhu yányǔ , yĕ zaìhu quánnéng hé Shènglíng , bìng chōngzú de xìnxīn , zhèng rú nǐmen zhīdào wǒmen zaì nǐmen nàli , wèi nǐmen de yuángù shì zĕnyàng wéirén .

6 Bìngqiĕ nǐmen zaì dà nàn zhī zhōng , méng le Shènglíng suǒ cì de xǐlè , lǐngshòu zhēn dào , jiù xiàofǎ wǒmen , yĕ xiàofǎ le zhǔ .

7 Shènzhì nǐmen zuò le Mǎqídùn hé yà gāi yà , suǒ yǒu xìn zhǔ zhī rén de bǎngyàng .

8 Yīnwei zhǔ de dào cóng nǐmen nàli yǐjing chuán yáng chūlai , nǐmen xiàng shén de xìnxīn búdàn zaì Mǎqídùn hé yà gāi yà , jiù shì zaì gè chù , yĕ dōu chuán kāi le . suǒyǐ búyòng wǒmen shuō shénme huà .