1 Thessalonicher 1:7

7 so daß ihr allen Gläubigen in Macedonien und in Achaja zu Vorbildern geworden seid.

1 Thessalonicher 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 Thessalonicher 1:7 In-Context

5 Denn unser Evangelium war nicht bei euch im Worte allein, sondern auch in Kraft und im Heiligen Geiste und in großer Gewißheit, wie ihr wisset, was wir unter euch waren um euretwillen.

6 Und ihr seid unsere Nachahmer geworden und des Herrn, indem ihr das Wort aufgenommen habt in vieler Drangsal mit Freude des Heiligen Geistes,

7 so daß ihr allen Gläubigen in Macedonien und in Achaja zu Vorbildern geworden seid.

8 Denn von euch aus ist das Wort des Herrn erschollen, nicht allein in Macedonien und in Achaja, sondern an jedem Orte ist euer Glaube an Gott ausgebreitet worden, so daß wir nicht nötig haben, etwas zu sagen.

9 Denn sie selbst verkündigen von uns, welchen Eingang wir bei euch hatten, und wie ihr euch von den Götzenbildern zu Gott bekehrt habt, dem lebendigen und wahren Gott zu dienen