1 Thessalonians 1:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10

In these words we have the evidence of the apostle's success among the Thessalonians, which was notorious and famous in several places. For, I. They were careful in their holy conversation to imitate the good examples of the apostles and ministers of Christ, 1 Thess. 1:6. As the apostle took care to demean himself well, not only for his own credit's sake, but for the benefit of others, by a conversation suitable to his doctrine, that he might not pull down with one hand what he built up with... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

1:1-10 Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and peace. Always we thank God for you all and always we remember you in our prayers. We never cease to remember the work inspired by your faith, the labour prompted by your love and the endurance founded on your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God who is also our Father. For we know, brothers beloved by God, how you were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord ,.... So far followers of them as they were of Christ, in embracing the Gospel, submitting to the ordinances of it, professing the name of Christ, and suffering for his sake; the Alexandrian copy reads, "of God", and others, "of Christ": having received the word ; the Gospel, the word of truth, peace, and righteousness, and of salvation by Christ; which they received not as the word of man, but of God; and that in much affliction ;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Ye became followers of us - Ye became imitators, μιμηται , of us-ye believed the same truths, walked in the same way, and minded the same thing; knowing that our doctrine was of the Lord, and that the way in which we walked was prescribed by himself, and that he also suffered the contradictions of ungodly men. Having received the word in much affliction - That they received the doctrine of the Gospel in the midst of much persecution we may learn from the history in general, and from ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Verse 6 6And ye became imitators. With the view of increasing their alacrity, he declares that there is a mutual agreement, and harmony, as it were, between his preaching and their faith. For unless men, on their part, answer to God, no proficiency will follow from the grace that is offered to them — not as though they could do this of themselves, but inasmuch as God, as he begins our salvation by calling us, perfects it also by fashioning our hearts to obedience. The sum, therefore, is this —... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Now follows the second reason assigned by Paul for his confidence in their election. And ye became followers (or, imitators ) of us, and of the Lord ; of Christ. By becoming imitators of the apostle, they became imitators of Christ. "Be ye followers of me," writes St. Paul to the Corinthians, "even as I also am of Christ" ( 1 Corinthians 11:1 ). The point of imitation did not consist in their cordial reception of the gospel, for that could not apply to Christ; but in their joyful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

The imitation of Christ. Christ not only died as a Sacrifice, but lived as an Example. He is the great Example whom we must imitate, the Pattern of the new creation, the Original of which all believers are copies. Especially we must imitate him in his patient endurance of suffering. The cross is ever the Christian's motto; and we can only enter into heaven through tribulation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

The union of affliction with joy. The Thessalonians "received the word with much affliction and joy of the Holy Ghost." Christianity makes no stoical demands. Spiritual joy does not exclude, but even includes, sorrow. " Sorrowing, yet always rejoicing," is the Christian's condition. To glory in tribulation is the Christian's experience. "In the spiritual world joy and sorrow are not two, but one." read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

And ye became followers of us - “You became imitators - μιμηταὶ mimētai - of us.” This does not mean that they became followers of Paul, Silas, and Timothy, in the sense that they had set themselves up as teachers, or as the head of a sect, but that they imitated their manner of living; see the notes on 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1.And of the Lord - The Lord Jesus. You also learned to imitate him. From this it is evident that the manner in which the Saviour lived was a prominent... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 1:6

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