1st Thessalonians Chapter 1 verse 7 Holy Bible
so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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So that you became an example to all those who have faith in Christ in Macedonia and Achaia.
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so that ye became models to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia:
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So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
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so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - So that ye were ensamples. The word here rendered "ensamples" literally signifies "types." It is used to denote a form or figure (Acts 7:43), a model or likeness (Acts 7:44), a mark or impression (John 20:25). Hence, in a metaphorical sense, it came to signify an example, a pattern for imitation. "Now these things are our examples" (1 Corinthians 10:6). To all that believe - to all believers - in Macedonia and Achaia. These are the two provinces into which ancient Greece was divided by the Romans, each of which was governed by a proconsul Macedonia was the northern portion, including Macedonia proper, Epirus and Illyricum; at first it was divided into four districts, but afterwards united into one province, of which Thessalonica was constituted the capital. Achaia was the southern portion of ancient Greece, including the Peloponnesus, Attica, Boeotia, etc., and, until recently, was nearly of the same dimensions with the modern kingdom of Greece; its capital was Corinth.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) "Your zeal was so great and sincere that you, in your turn, became a model: for even in far-away countries the tale of your conversion is told with wonder."Ensamples.--Probably the singular should be read: the whole church became a model church.To all that believe--i.e., now; not to those that then believed; Philippi was the only such church.Macedonia and Achaia.--These two provinces comprised all Roman Greece. The influence of the Thessalonians spreads far beyond their own country.
