1 Thessalonians 1:9

“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,”

1 Thessalonians 1:9 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Thessalonians 1:9, word by word

reportἀπαγγέλλουσινapangellousin

report, tell

Report, announce, tell what happened.

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what kind ofὁποίανhopoian

what sort, such as

Of what sort, what kind; "such as".

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welcomeεἴσοδονeisodon

coming

Arrival; how one was received.

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we hadἔσχομενeschomen

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

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you turnedἐπεστρέψατεepestrepsate

turn to God

To come back to God, or bring others back to him.

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Godθεὸνtheon

God

The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.

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idolsεἰδώλωνeidōlōn

idol

Idol, image of a false god.

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to serve as slavesδουλεύεινdouleuein

be a slave

Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.

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a livingζῶντιzōnti

live

To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.

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trueἀληθινῷalēthinōi

true

True, genuine, real.

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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.

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