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so thatὥστεyouὑμᾶςbecameγενέσθαιan exampleτύπονto allπᾶσινthe believersτοῖς πιστεύουσινinἐνMacedoniaτῇ ΜακεδονίᾳandκαὶinἐνAchaia.τῇ Ἀχαΐᾳ
1 Thessalonians 1:7
Study it in the app“so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 1:7, word by word
- so thatὥστεhōste
so that
So much that, to the point that.
Where else “hōste” appears- becameγενέσθαιgenesthai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appears- an exampleτύπονtypon
example
A model or example to follow.
Where else “typon” appears- the believersπιστεύουσινpisteuousin
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuousin” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίᾳMakedoniai
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedoniai” appears- AchaiaἈχαΐᾳAchaiai
Achaia
See it on the mapWhere else “Achaiai” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “examples.”
Places in this verse
1Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
2Achaia
Today: southern Greece (Peloponnese and Attica)
A Roman province in southern Greece, with Corinth as its main city.
The believers of Achaia gave for the poor in Jerusalem (Rom 15:26). Paul wrote his second letter to Corinth "with all the saints in Achaia" (2 Cor 1:1).
The context
6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the Holy Spirit,
7 · This verse (above)
8For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.