Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.

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:

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, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result. 2 On the contrary, after we had previously suffered, and we were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.


Cross References

Psalm 127:1

A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.

Isaiah 49:4

But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of Hosts
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

Galatians 2:2

I went up according to a revelation and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles—but privately to those recognized as leaders—so that I might not be running, or have run the race, in vain.

Galatians 4:11

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

Philippians 2:16

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

1 Thessalonians 1:3-10

We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the message about God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the message of God, which also works effectively in you believers.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the Lord’s message may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you,

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

Psalm 73:13

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

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