Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain;
New American Standard Bible
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our
King James Version
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
Holman Bible
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit
International Standard Version
For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not a waste of time.
A Conservative Version
For ye yourselves know, brothers, our entrance with you, that it has not become empty.
American Standard Version
For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:
Amplified
For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),
An Understandable Version
For you brothers [should] know that our coming to you was not a waste of time.
Anderson New Testament
For you yourselves know, brethren, our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
Bible in Basic English
For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:
Common New Testament
For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain;
Daniel Mace New Testament
And you are satisfied, my brethren, that our address to you was not fallacious:
Godbey New Testament
For you know, brethren, our coming unto you, that it was not in vain:
Goodspeed New Testament
You know yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was far from ineffectual.
John Wesley New Testament
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain: But even after we had suffered before,
Julia Smith Translation
For ye yourselves know, brethren, our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
King James 2000
For yourselves, brethren, know our visit unto you, that it was not in vain:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [you] yourselves know, brothers, our reception with you, that it was not in vain,
Modern King James verseion
For, my brothers, you yourselves know our coming in to you, that it was not in vain.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For ye yourselves brethren know of our entrance in unto you, how that it was not in vain:
Moffatt New Testament
But you remember yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was no failure.
Montgomery New Testament
For you yourselves know, brothers, that my visit to you did not fail of its purpose;
NET Bible
For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you -- it has not proven to be purposeless.
New Heart English Bible
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you was not in vain,
Noyes New Testament
For ye yourselves know, brethren, that our coming among you hath not been in vain;
Sawyer New Testament
For you know, brothers, our introduction to you that it was not in vain,
The Emphasized Bible
For, yourselves, know, brethren, our entrance which was unto you - that it hath not proved void;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
FOR ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in to you, that it was not in vain.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Yes, Brothers, you yourselves know that your reception of us was not without result.
Webster
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it was not in vain:
Weymouth New Testament
For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
Williams New Testament
For you know yourselves, brothers, that our visit to you was by no means a failure.
World English Bible
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,
Worrell New Testament
For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance to you, that it has not become vain;
Worsley New Testament
For ye yourselves, brethren, know our entrance among you, that it was not in vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,
Interlinear
Eido
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Thessalonians 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica
1 For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain; 2 but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 127:1
{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
Isaiah 49:4
And I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain; nevertheless my judgment is with Jehovah, and my work with my God.
Isaiah 65:23
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
1 Corinthians 15:2
by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:1
But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:
Galatians 2:2
and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous among them, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;
Galatians 4:11
I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
Philippians 2:16
holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.
1 Thessalonians 1:3-10
remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.
2 Thessalonians 1:10
when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day.
2 Thessalonians 3:1
For the rest, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you;
Job 39:16
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labour is in vain, without her concern.
Psalm 73:13
Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: