1 Thessalonians 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

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Referenced Verses

  • Titus 2:7 : 7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine [showing] uncorruptness, gravity,
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
  • 2 Cor 9:2 : 2 for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
  • 2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself] . 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
  • 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.
  • 1 Thess 4:10 : 10 for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;
  • 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints that are in the whole of Achaia:
  • Acts 1:13 : 13 And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [the son] of James.
  • Acts 16:12 : 12 and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a [Roman] colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.
  • Acts 18:1 : 1 After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

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  • 1 Thess 1:8-9
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    8For from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith to God-ward is gone forth; so that we need not to speak anything.

    9For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

  • 1 Thess 1:5-6
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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

    6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

  • 2 Thess 1:3-4
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    3We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;

    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

  • 1 Thess 3:7
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    7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

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    10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

  • 1 Cor 1:5-8
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    5that in everything ye were enriched in him, in all utterance and all knowledge;

    6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

    7so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

    8who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye be] unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

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    12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

    13For we write no other things unto you, than what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope ye will acknowledge unto the end:

    14as also ye did acknowledge us in part, that we are your glorying, even as ye also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

    15And in this confidence I was minded to come first unto you, that ye might have a second benefit;

    16and by you to pass into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and of you to be set forward on my journey unto Judaea.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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    7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

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    7and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

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    5hearing of thy love, and of the faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;

    6that the fellowship of thy faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in you, unto Christ.

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    27Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

    28and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • 2 Cor 8:1
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    1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia;

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    4having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,

  • 2 Cor 8:7
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    7But as ye abound in everything, [in] faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all earnestness, and [in] your love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also. [

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    1Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more.

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    2Ye are our epistle, written in our hearts, known and read of all men;

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10for indeed ye do it toward all the brethren that are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound more and more;

  • Phil 1:7
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    7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

  • 2 Cor 7:11
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    11For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

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    7in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine [showing] uncorruptness, gravity,

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    15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which [ye show] toward all the saints,

  • Phil 1:5
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    5for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now;

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    30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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    8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,

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    24Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

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    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory.

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    3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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    7even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

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    16I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

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    4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.

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    16I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.

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    11being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.