Parallel Verses

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.

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

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, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, 2 but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.


Cross References

Psalm 127:1

A Song of Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the Lord,
And My reward with My God.”

Isaiah 65:23

“They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.

Habakkuk 2:13

“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

1 Corinthians 15:2

by which also you are saved, if you hold fast 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, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:1

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

Galatians 2:2

It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

Galatians 4:11

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.

1 Thessalonians 1:3-10

constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you;

Job 39:16

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

Psalm 73:13

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

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