1 Thessalonians 1:7
So that you were made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ita ut facti sitis forma omnibus credentibus in Macedonia, et in Achaia.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- ὥστε γενέσθαι ὑμᾶς τύπον πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐν τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3
Ver. 7 . “So that ye became ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.” And yet it was later that he went to them. But ye so shone, he says, that ye became teachers of those who received (the word) before you. And this is like the Apostle. For he did not say, so that ye became ensamples in regard to believing, but ye became an ensample to those who already believed; how one ought to believe in God, ye taught, who from the very beginning entered into your conflict. “And in Achaia,” he says; that is, in Greece. Do you see how great a thing is zeal? that it does not require time, nor delay, nor procrastination, but it is sufficient only to venture one’s self, and all is fulfilled. Thus then though coming in later to the Preaching, they became teachers of those who were before them. Moral . Let no one therefore despair, even though he has lost much time, and has done nothing. …