1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

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WEBBE

For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

BSB

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

KJV

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

ASV

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

BBE

For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

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αὐτοὶ autoi They themselves G846 γὰρ gar for G1063 περὶ peri concerning G4012 ἡμῶν hēmōn us G3165 ἀπαγγέλλουσιν apangellousin report G518 ὁποίαν hopoian what G3697 εἴσοδον eisodon reception G1529 ἔσχομεν eschomen we had G2192 πρὸς pros from G4314 ὑμᾶς humas you G4771 καὶ kai and G2532 πῶς pōs how G4459 ἐπεστρέψατε epestrepsate you turned G1994 πρὸς pros to G4314 τὸν ton (the) G3588 θεὸν theon God G2316 ἀπὸ apo from G575 τῶν tōn (the) G3588 εἰδώλων eidōlōn idols G1497 δουλεύειν douleuein to serve G1398 θεῷ theō [the] God G2316 ζῶντι zōnti living G2198 καὶ kai and G2532 ἀληθινῷ alēthinō true G228

The early church

What means, "What manner of entering in we had unto you"? That it was full of dangers, and numberless deaths, but that none of these things troubled you. But as if nothing had happened, so you adhered to us; as if ye had suffered no evil, but had enjoyed infinite good, so you received us after these things. For this was the second entering. They went to Beroea, they were persecuted, and when they came after this they so received them, as though they had been honored by these also, so that they even laid down their lives for them. The expression, "What manner of entering in we had," is complicated, and contains an encomium both of them and of themselves. But he himself has turned this to their advantage. "And how," he says, "ye turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God"; that is, that ye did it readily, that ye did it with much eagerness, that it did not require much labor to make you. "In order to serve," says he, "a living and true God." Here also he introduced an exhortation, which is the part of one who would make his discourse less offensive.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on 1 Thessalonians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–10

When careless, ignorant, and immoral persons are turned from their carnal pursuits and connexions, to believe in and obey the Lord Jesus, to live soberly, righteously, and godly, the matter speaks for itself. The believers under the Old Testament waited for the coming of the Messiah, and believers now wait for his second coming. He is yet to come. And God had raised him from the dead, which is a full assurance unto all men that he will come to judgment. He came to purchase salvation, and will, when he comes again, bring salvation with him, full and final deliverance from that wrath which is yet to come. Let all, without delay, flee from the wrath to come, and seek refuge in Christ and his salvation.

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