1 Thessalonians 2:10 BSB

1 Thessalonians 2:10

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

BSB

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ASV

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblamably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

KJV

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Ye are witnesses, and God also,.... Not so much to what goes before as to what follows after, relating to their holy walk and conversation among them, the more open part of which they were witness of; and for the more secret part God is appealed to, who is acquainted with the springs of actions, as well as with actions themselves: how holily, and justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily - i.e., in reference to God; how justly in reference to men; and unblamably in reference to our spirit and conduct, as ministers of Christ, we behaved ourselves among you. What a consciousness of his own integrity must St. Paul have had to use the expressions that are here! No hypocrite, and none who did the work of the Lord carelessly, could make such an appeal both to God and man.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ye are witnesses--as to our outward conduct. God--as to our inner motives. holily--towards God. justly--towards men. unblamably--in relation to ourselves. behaved ourselves--Greek, "were made to be," namely, by God. among you that believe--rather, "before (that is, in the eyes of) you that believe"; whatever we may have seemed in the eyes of the unbelieving.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὑμεῖς	humeis	You [are]	G4771 →
μάρτυρες	martures	witnesses	G3144 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεός,	theos	God,	G2316 →
ὡς	hōs	how	G5613 →
ὁσίως	hosiōs	holily	G3743 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δικαίως	dikaiōs	righteously	G1346 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀμέμπτως	amemptōs	blamelessly	G274 →
ὑμῖν	humin	toward you	G4771 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
πιστεύουσιν	pisteuousin	believing	G4100 →
ἐγενήθημεν,	egenēthēmen	we were,	G1096 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 3:10
You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:11
  But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
Through
1 Thessalonians 1:5
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
- Mark 16:20
  And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
Through
2 Corinthians 1:12
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom,…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:13
  And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
Through
1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
leads to
- Philippians 3:17
  Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:9
  Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
- Ezekiel 34:4
  You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Thessalonians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Thessalonians