1 Thessalonians 1:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐν λόγῳ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ ἐν πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ· καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι ἐγενήθημεν ἐν ὑμῖν διʼ ὑμᾶς.

Transliteration

Because the euangelion of-us not egenēthē to you in logō monon, but also in dynamei, and in Pneumati Hagiō, and in plērophoria pollē; just-as you-oidate what-kind egenēthēmen among you because-of you.

Grammar Details

• *euangelion*: nominative, neuter, singular - gospel/good news
• *egenēthē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - became/happened
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - in word/message/speech
• *monon*: adverb - only/alone/merely
• *dynamei*: dative, feminine, singular - in power/might/strength
• *Pneumati*: dative, neuter, singular - in Spirit
• *Hagiō*: dative, neuter, singular - in Holy
• *plērophoria*: dative, feminine, singular - in full assurance/conviction
• *pollē*: dative, feminine, singular - in much/great
• *oidate*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person plural - you know/have known
• *egenēthēmen*: aorist, passive, indicative, 1st person plural - we became/happened

Word Meanings

• *euangelion*: gospel/good news/glad tidings
• *egenēthē*: became/happened/came to be
• *logō*: word/message/speech/account
• *dynamei*: power/might/strength/ability
• *Pneumati*: Spirit/breath/wind
• *plērophoria*: full assurance/complete conviction/certainty
• *oidate*: know/have known/understand
• *egenēthēmen*: became/happened/came to be

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 2:14 : 14 Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to obtaine the glory of our Lord Iesus Christ.
• Col 2:2 : 2 That their heartes might be comforted, and they knit together in loue, and in all riches of the full assurance of vnderstanding, to know the mysterie of God, euen the Father, and of Christ:
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
• 1 Thess 2:1-9 : 1 For ye your selues knowe, brethren, that our entrance in vnto you was not in vaine, 2 But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing. 3 For our exhortation was not by deceite, nor by vncleannes, nor by guile. 4 But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts. 5 Neither yet did we euer vse flattering wordes, as ye knowe, nor coloured couetousnes, God is recorde. 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, euen as a nource cherisheth her children. 8 Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and trauaile: for we laboured day & night, because we would not be chargeable vnto any of you, and preached vnto you the Gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and iustly, and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleeue. 11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you, and comforted, and besought euery one of you (as a father his children)
• 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Erre not, my deare brethren. 17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his owne will begate hee vs with the woorde of trueth, that we shoulde be as the first fruites of his creatures.
• 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed bee God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which according to his aboundant mercie hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead,
• 2 Thess 3:7-9 : 7 For ye your selues know, how ye ought to follow vs: for we behaued not our selues inordinately among you, 8 Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you. 9 Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.
• 1 Tim 4:12-16 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse. 13 Till I come, giue attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine. 14 Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was giuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the hands of the companie of the Eldership. 15 These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men. 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto learning: continue therein: for in doing this thou shalt both saue thy selfe, & them that heare thee.
• 2 Tim 2:8 : 8 Remember that Iesus Christ, made of the seede of Dauid, was raysed againe from the dead according to my Gospel,
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I suffer all things, for the elects sake, that they might also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie.
• Heb 2:3-4 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, which at the first began to be preached by the Lorde, and afterward was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him, 4 God bearing witnes thereto, both with signes and wonders, & with diuers miracles, and gifts of the holy Ghost, according to his owne wil?
• Heb 6:11 : 11 And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,
• Heb 6:18-19 : 18 That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs, 19 Which hope we haue, as an ancre of the soule, both sure and stedfast, and it entreth into that which is within the vaile,
• Isa 55:11 : 11 So shall my worde be, that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not returne vnto me voyde, but it shall accomplish that which I will, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
• Mark 16:20 : 20 And they went foorth, and preached euery where; the Lorde wrought with them, and confirmed the worde with signes that folowed. Amen.
• John 16:7-9 : 7 Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement. 9 Of sinne, because they beleeued not in me: 10 Of righteousnesse, because I goe to my Father, and ye shall see me no more: 11 Of iudgement, because the prince of this world is iudged. 12 I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe. 13 Howbeit, when he is come which is the Spirit of trueth, he will leade you into all trueth: for he shall not speake of himselfe, but whatsoeuer he shall heare, shall he speake, and he will shew you the things to come. 14 He shall glorifie me: for he shall receiue of mine, and shall shewe it vnto you. 15 All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 Since then that he by the right hande of God hath bene exalted, and hath receiued of his Father the promise of the holy Ghost, hee hath shed foorth this which yee nowe see and heare.
• Acts 10:44-46 : 44 While Peter yet spake these wordes, the holy Ghost fell on al them which heard the word. 45 So they of the circumcision which beleeued, were astonied, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was powred out the gift of the holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speake with tongues, and magnifie God. Then answered Peter,
• Acts 11:15-18 : 15 And as I began to speake, the holy Ghost fell on them, euen as vpon vs at the beginning. 16 Then I remembred the word of the Lord, howe he said, Iohn baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy Ghost. 17 For as much then as God gaue them a like gift, as he did vnto vs, when we beleeued in the Lorde Iesus Christ, who was I, that I coulde let God? 18 When they heard these things, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles graunted repentance vnto life.
• Acts 11:21 : 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number beleeued and turned vnto the Lord.
• Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake.
• Acts 20:18-19 : 18 Who when they were come to him, hee said vnto them, Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia, after what maner I haue bene with you at all seasons, 19 Seruing the Lorde with all modestie, and with many teares, and tentations, which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes,
• Acts 20:33-35 : 33 I haue coueted no mans siluer, nor gold, nor apparell. 34 Yea, ye knowe, that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I haue shewed you all things, howe that so labouring, ye ought to support the weake, and to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesus, howe that hee saide, It is a blessed thing to giue, rather then to receiue.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth, to the Iewe first, and also to the Grecian.
• Rom 2:16 : 16 At the day when God shall iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ, according to my Gospel.
• Rom 15:18-19 : 18 For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede, 19 With the power of signes and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God: so that from Hierusalem, and round about vnto Illyricum, I haue caused to abound the Gospel of Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But vnto them which are called, both of the Iewes and Grecians, we preach Christ, the power of God, and the wisedome of God.
• 1 Cor 2:2-5 : 2 For I esteemed not to knowe any thing among you, saue Iesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was among you in weakenesse, and in feare, and in much trembling. 4 Neither stoode my woorde, and my preaching in the entising speech of mans wisdom, but in plaine euidence of the Spirite and of power, 5 That your faith should not be in the wisdome of men, but in the power of God.
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I haue planted, Apollos watred, but God gaue the increase.
• 1 Cor 3:16 : 16 Knowe ye not that ye are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men. 10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised. 11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, & thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place, 12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it. 13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
• 1 Cor 4:20 : 20 For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
• 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe. 20 And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe: 21 To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe: 22 To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some. 23 And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
• 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.
• 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is giuen to euery man, to profite withall. 8 For to one is giuen by the Spirit the word of wisdome: and to an other the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit: 9 And to another is giuen faith by the same Spirit: and to another the giftes of healing, by the same Spirit: 10 And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues. 11 And all these thinges worketh one and the selfe same Spirit, distributing to euery man seuerally as he will.
• 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also hath made vs able ministers of the Newe testament, not of the letter, but of the Spirite: for the letter killeth, but the Spirite giueth life.
• 2 Cor 4:1-3 : 1 Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not: 2 But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God. 3 If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
• 2 Cor 6:3-9 : 3 We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended. 4 But in all things we approue our selues as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours, 6 By watchings, by fastings, by puritie, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindnesse, by the holy Ghost, by loue vnfained, 7 By the worde of trueth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousnesse on the right hand, and on the left, 8 By honour, and dishonour, by euill report, and good report, as deceiuers, and yet true: 9 As vnknowen, and yet knowen: as dying, and beholde, we liue: as chastened, and yet not killed: 10 As sorowing, and yet always reioycing: as poore, and yet make many riche: as hauing nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes) 5 Casting downe the imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ,
• Gal 1:8-9 : 8 But though that we, or an Angel from heauen preach vnto you otherwise, then that which we haue preached vnto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we sayd before, so say I now againe, If any man preach vnto you otherwise, then that ye haue receiued, let him be accursed. 10 For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ. 11 Now I certifie you, brethren, that ye Gospel which was preached of me, was not after man. 12 For neither receiued I it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the reuelation of Iesus Christ.
• Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went vp by reuelation, and declared vnto them that Gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but particularly to them that were the chiefe, least by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine:
• Gal 3:2-5 : 2 This only would I learne of you, Receiued ye the Spirit by the workes of the Lawe, or by the hearing of faith preached? 3 Are ye so foolish, that after ye haue begun in the Spirit, ye would now be made perfect by the flesh? 4 Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? If so be it be euen in vaine. 5 He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith preached?
• Gal 5:5 : 5 For we through the Spirit waite for the hope of righteousnes through faith.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruite of the Spirit is loue, ioye, peace, long suffering, gentlenes, goodnes, fayth, 23 Meekenesse, temperancie: against such there is no lawe.
• Eph 1:17-20 : 17 That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him, 18 That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power toward vs, which beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heauenly places,
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God which is rich in mercie, through his great loue wherewith he loued vs, 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes, hath quickened vs together in Christ, by whose grace ye are saued,
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.
• Eph 3:20 : 20 Vnto him therefore that is able to do exceeding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke, according to the power that worketh in vs,
• Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you, both the will and the deede, euen of his good pleasure.
• Phil 4:9 : 9 Which yee haue both learned & receiued, and heard, and seene in mee: those things doe, and the God of peace shalbe with you.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let vs drawe neere with a true heart in assurance of faith, our hearts being pure from an euill conscience,
• Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by the woorkes of righteousnesse, which we had done, but according to his mercie he saued vs, by the washing of the newe birth, and the renewing of the holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs aboundantly, through Iesus Christ our Sauiour,
• 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.
• 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Wherefore, brethren, giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye doe these things, ye shall neuer fall.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We haue also a most sure worde of the Prophets, to the which ye doe well that yee take heede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your hearts.
• Ps 10:2-3 : 2 The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined. 3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.