1 Thessalonians 2:14
What is written? (ESV)
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,
What does it say?
You brethern became just like the other churches of God in Christ Jesus that are around Judea by suffering the same things from your countrymen men that they did from the Jews.
What is its immediate context?
In Paul’s extended introduction to the “church of the Thessalonians” (1:1), he is recalling the events around their first hearing Paul bring them the gospel (Acts 17 during his second missionary journey).
How 1 Thessalonians 2:14 is applied across Bible answers
Is the Bible the word of God?
The apostles (specifically Peter, Paul, James, and John - authors of New Testament epistles) spoke the word of God.
What is Christ’s church called?
Paul refers to other local congregations as "churches of God in Christ Jesus".
