1 THESSALONIANS 1:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.”
So that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia — their faith is contagious, spreading through the provinces like apostolic leaven. They are not merely recipients of the gospel but transmitters, witnesses whose steadfastness under affliction proves the power and truth of what they have received. The church at Thessalonica becomes a beacon of authentic Christianity.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 1:7
And yet it was later that he went to them. But you so shone, he says, that you became teachers of those who received (the word) before you. And this is like the Apostle. For he did not say, so that you became ensamples in regard to believing, but you became an ensample to those who already believed; how one ought to believe in God, you taught, who from the very beginning entered into your conflict. “And in Achaia,” he says; that is, in Greece. Do you see how great a thing…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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