1 Thessalonicenzen 1:7

7 Alzo dat gij voorbeelden geworden zijt al den gelovigen in Macedonie en Achaje.

1 Thessalonicenzen 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 Thessalonicenzen 1:7 In-Context

5 Want ons Evangelie is onder u niet alleen in woorden geweest, maar ook in kracht, en in den Heiligen Geest, en in vele verzekerdheid; gelijk gij weet, hoedanigen wij onder u geweest zijn om uwentwil.

6 En gij zijt onze navolgers geworden, en des Heeren, het Woord aangenomen hebbende in vele verdrukking, met blijdschap des Heiligen Geestes;

7 Alzo dat gij voorbeelden geworden zijt al den gelovigen in Macedonie en Achaje.

8 Want van u is het Woord des Heeren luidbaar geworden niet alleen in Macedonie en Achaje; maar ook in alle plaatsen is uw geloof, dat gij op God hebt, uitgegaan, zodat wij niet van node hebben, iets daarvan te spreken.

9 Want zijzelven verkondigen van ons, hoedanigen ingang wij tot u hebben, en hoe gij tot God bekeerd zijt van de afgoden, om den levenden en waarachtigen God te dienen;