Parallel Verses

World English Bible

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain,

New American Standard Bible

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain,

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 with you was not without result.

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:

Darby Translation

For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain;

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825


Usage: 0

G80
ἀδελφός 
Adelphos 
Usage: 302

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

εἴσοδος 
Eisodos 
Usage: 5

πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

it was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

Verse Info

Context Readings

Paul's Approach To Ministry In Thessalonica

1 For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn't in vain, 2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.


Cross References

Psalm 127:1

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you -- unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,

Galatians 2:2

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.

Philippians 2:16

holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.

1 Thessalonians 1:3-10

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you;

Job 39:16

She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

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