Forγὰρthey themselvesαὐτοὶreportἀπαγγέλλουσινaboutπερὶusἡμῶνwhat kind ofὁποίανwelcomeεἴσοδονwe hadἔσχομενamongπρὸςyou,ὑμᾶςandκαὶhowπῶςyou turnedἐπεστρέψατεtoπρὸςGodτὸν θεὸνfromἀπὸidolsτῶν εἰδώλωνto serve as slavesδουλεύεινa livingζῶντιandκαὶtrueἀληθινῷGod,θεῷ
1 Thessalonians 1:9
Study it in the app“For they themselves report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve as slaves a living and true God,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 1:9, word by word
- reportἀπαγγέλλουσινapangellousin
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apangellousin” appears- what kind ofὁποίανhopoian
what sort, such as
Of what sort, what kind; "such as".
Where else “hopoian” appears- welcomeεἴσοδονeisodon
coming
Arrival; how one was received.
Where else “eisodon” appears- we hadἔσχομενeschomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eschomen” appears- you turnedἐπεστρέψατεepestrepsate
turn to God
To come back to God, or bring others back to him.
Where else “epestrepsate” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- idolsεἰδώλωνeidōlōn
idol
Idol, image of a false god.
Where else “eidōlōn” appears- to serve as slavesδουλεύεινdouleuein
be a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.
Where else “douleuein” appears- a livingζῶντιzōnti
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōnti” appears- trueἀληθινῷalēthinōi
true
True, genuine, real.
Where else “alēthinōi” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10and to wait for his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.