1 Tesalonicenses 1:7

7 De esta manera se constituyeron en ejemplo para todos los creyentes de Macedonia y de 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 porque nuestro evangelio les llegó no solo con palabras sino también con poder, es decir, con el Espíritu Santo y con profunda convicción. Como bien saben, estuvimos entre ustedes buscando su bien.

6 Ustedes se hicieron imitadores nuestros y del Señor cuando, a pesar de mucho sufrimiento, recibieron el mensaje con la alegría que infunde el Espíritu Santo.

7 De esta manera se constituyeron en ejemplo para todos los creyentes de Macedonia y de Acaya.

8 Partiendo de ustedes, el mensaje del Señor se ha proclamado no solo en Macedonia y en Acaya sino en todo lugar; a tal punto se ha divulgado su fe en Dios que ya no es necesario que nosotros digamos nada.

9 Ellos mismos cuentan de lo bien que ustedes nos recibieron, y de cómo se convirtieron a Dios dejando los ídolos para servir al Dios vivo y verdadero,