1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

1:9 AMP

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Amplified Bible - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
新标点和合本 - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向　神，要服侍那又真又活的　神，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为他们自己已经传讲我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向上帝来服侍那又真又活的上帝，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为他们自己已经传讲我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向　神来服侍那又真又活的　神，
当代译本 - 因为人们都在传讲你们如何接待我们，如何离弃偶像归向上帝，事奉又真又活的上帝，
圣经新译本 - 他们都述说你们是怎样接待我们，而且怎样离弃偶像归向　神，要服事这位又真又活的　神，
中文标准译本 - 其实他们自己在宣扬有关我们的事，说我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神、服事又活又真的神，
现代标点和合本 - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神，要服侍那又真又活的神，
和合本（拼音版） - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向上帝，要服侍那又真又活的上帝，
New International Version - for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
New International Reader's Version - The believers themselves report the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell about how you turned away from statues of gods. And you turned to serve the living and true God.
English Standard Version - For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
New Living Translation - for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
Christian Standard Bible - for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
New American Standard Bible - For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
New King James Version - For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
American Standard Version - For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
King James Version - For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
New English Translation - For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
World English Bible - For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
新標點和合本 - 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向神，要服事那又真又活的神，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為他們自己已經傳講我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向上帝來服侍那又真又活的上帝，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為他們自己已經傳講我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向　神來服侍那又真又活的　神，
當代譯本 - 因為人們都在傳講你們如何接待我們，如何離棄偶像歸向上帝，事奉又真又活的上帝，
聖經新譯本 - 他們都述說你們是怎樣接待我們，而且怎樣離棄偶像歸向　神，要服事這位又真又活的　神，
呂振中譯本 - 因為他們自己正在傳布我們的事、說我們到你們中間是怎樣受了歡迎，你們又怎樣離棄了偶像，轉向上帝、來服事一位永活而真的上帝，
中文標準譯本 - 其實他們自己在宣揚有關我們的事，說我們是怎樣進到你們那裡，你們是怎樣離棄偶像歸向神、服事又活又真的神，
現代標點和合本 - 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裡，你們是怎樣離棄偶像歸向神，要服侍那又真又活的神，
文理和合譯本 - 蓋彼自言我如何入於爾中、爾如何棄像而歸上帝、以事生且真之上帝、
文理委辦譯本 - 其言我至爾處、爾棄偶像、歸真有永生上帝以事之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋彼眾自言我儕如何至爾處、爾如何棄偶像、而歸永生之真天主、
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交叉引用

Romans 9:26 - “And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Hebrews 12:22 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
Revelation 17:2 - she with whom the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
Isaiah 37:4 - It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh [the commander], whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.’ ”
Jeremiah 16:19 - [Then said Jeremiah] “O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold, And my Refuge in the day of distress and need, The nations will come to You From the ends of the earth and say, ‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion, [Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’
Psalms 84:2 - My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Malachi 1:11 - For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 37:17 - Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
Acts 26:17 - [choosing you for Myself and] rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
1 Samuel 17:36 - Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.
1 Thessalonians 1:5 - for our good news [regarding salvation] came to you not only in word, but also in [its inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your benefit.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 - You became imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord, after you welcomed our message in [a time of] great trouble with the joy supplied by the Holy Spirit;
Deuteronomy 5:26 - For who is there of all flesh (mankind) who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
1 Samuel 17:26 - Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”
Hosea 1:10 - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
Zephaniah 2:11 - The Lord will be terrifying and awesome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down and worship Him, everyone from his own place.
Isaiah 2:17 - Then the pride of man will be humbled And the arrogance of men will be degraded; The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day,
Isaiah 2:18 - And the idols will completely vanish (be abolished).
Isaiah 2:19 - They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
Isaiah 2:20 - In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
Isaiah 2:21 - To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee] From the terror and dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
Psalms 42:2 - My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?
Acts 14:15 - “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.
2 Corinthians 6:16 - What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: “I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
2 Corinthians 6:17 - So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord, “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],
Daniel 6:26 - I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel, For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
Zechariah 8:20 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
Zechariah 8:21 - The inhabitants of one [city] will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to ask the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts. I will go also.”
Zechariah 8:22 - So many peoples and powerful nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to ask the Lord for His favor.’
Zechariah 8:23 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men [as representatives] from all the nations will grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”
1 Thessalonians 2:1 - For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),
1 Thessalonians 2:13 - And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
Galatians 4:8 - But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.
Galatians 4:9 - Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
1 Timothy 4:10 - It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord].

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - For they themselves report about us, telling what kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
新标点和合本 - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向　神，要服侍那又真又活的　神，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为他们自己已经传讲我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向上帝来服侍那又真又活的上帝，
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为他们自己已经传讲我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向　神来服侍那又真又活的　神，
当代译本 - 因为人们都在传讲你们如何接待我们，如何离弃偶像归向上帝，事奉又真又活的上帝，
圣经新译本 - 他们都述说你们是怎样接待我们，而且怎样离弃偶像归向　神，要服事这位又真又活的　神，
中文标准译本 - 其实他们自己在宣扬有关我们的事，说我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神、服事又活又真的神，
现代标点和合本 - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神，要服侍那又真又活的神，
和合本（拼音版） - 因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里，你们是怎样离弃偶像，归向上帝，要服侍那又真又活的上帝，
New International Version - for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
New International Reader's Version - The believers themselves report the kind of welcome you gave us. They tell about how you turned away from statues of gods. And you turned to serve the living and true God.
English Standard Version - For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
New Living Translation - for they keep talking about the wonderful welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve the living and true God.
Christian Standard Bible - for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
New American Standard Bible - For they themselves report about us as to the kind of reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
New King James Version - For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
American Standard Version - For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
King James Version - For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
New English Translation - For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
World English Bible - For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
新標點和合本 - 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向神，要服事那又真又活的神，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為他們自己已經傳講我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向上帝來服侍那又真又活的上帝，
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為他們自己已經傳講我們是怎樣進到你們那裏，你們是怎樣離棄偶像，歸向　神來服侍那又真又活的　神，
當代譯本 - 因為人們都在傳講你們如何接待我們，如何離棄偶像歸向上帝，事奉又真又活的上帝，
聖經新譯本 - 他們都述說你們是怎樣接待我們，而且怎樣離棄偶像歸向　神，要服事這位又真又活的　神，
呂振中譯本 - 因為他們自己正在傳布我們的事、說我們到你們中間是怎樣受了歡迎，你們又怎樣離棄了偶像，轉向上帝、來服事一位永活而真的上帝，
中文標準譯本 - 其實他們自己在宣揚有關我們的事，說我們是怎樣進到你們那裡，你們是怎樣離棄偶像歸向神、服事又活又真的神，
現代標點和合本 - 因為他們自己已經報明我們是怎樣進到你們那裡，你們是怎樣離棄偶像歸向神，要服侍那又真又活的神，
文理和合譯本 - 蓋彼自言我如何入於爾中、爾如何棄像而歸上帝、以事生且真之上帝、
文理委辦譯本 - 其言我至爾處、爾棄偶像、歸真有永生上帝以事之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋彼眾自言我儕如何至爾處、爾如何棄偶像、而歸永生之真天主、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 外間頗有人嘖嘖稱道吾儕如何獲爾之心、爾等如何拋棄偶像、歸依聖教、兢兢業業、奉事永生真實之天主、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Ellos mismos cuentan de lo bien que ustedes nos recibieron, y de cómo se convirtieron a Dios dejando los ídolos para servir al Dios vivo y verdadero,
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Romans 9:26 - “And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, ‘you are not My people,’ There they shall be called sons of the living God.”
Hebrews 12:22 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
Revelation 17:2 - she with whom the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”
Isaiah 37:4 - It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh [the commander], whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.’ ”
Jeremiah 16:19 - [Then said Jeremiah] “O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold, And my Refuge in the day of distress and need, The nations will come to You From the ends of the earth and say, ‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion, [Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’
Psalms 84:2 - My soul (my life, my inner self) longs for and greatly desires the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Malachi 1:11 - For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, My name shall be great among the nations. In every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name shall be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 37:17 - Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
Acts 26:17 - [choosing you for Myself and] rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,
Acts 26:18 - to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’
1 Samuel 17:36 - Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God and the God who is Truth; He is the living God and the everlasting King. The earth quakes and shudders at His wrath, And the nations are not able to endure His indignation.
1 Thessalonians 1:5 - for our good news [regarding salvation] came to you not only in word, but also in [its inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your benefit.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 - You became imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord, after you welcomed our message in [a time of] great trouble with the joy supplied by the Holy Spirit;
Deuteronomy 5:26 - For who is there of all flesh (mankind) who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
1 Samuel 17:26 - Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”
Hosea 1:10 - Yet the number of the sons of Israel Shall be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
Zephaniah 2:11 - The Lord will be terrifying and awesome to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down and worship Him, everyone from his own place.
Isaiah 2:17 - Then the pride of man will be humbled And the arrogance of men will be degraded; The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day,
Isaiah 2:18 - And the idols will completely vanish (be abolished).
Isaiah 2:19 - They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
Isaiah 2:20 - In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
Isaiah 2:21 - To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee] From the terror and dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
Psalms 42:2 - My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?
Acts 14:15 - “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.
2 Corinthians 6:16 - What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: “I will dwell among them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
2 Corinthians 6:17 - So come out from among unbelievers and be separate,” says the Lord, “And do not touch what is unclean; And I will graciously receive you and welcome you [with favor],
Daniel 6:26 - I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel, For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever.
Zechariah 8:20 - “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
Zechariah 8:21 - The inhabitants of one [city] will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to ask the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts. I will go also.”
Zechariah 8:22 - So many peoples and powerful nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to ask the Lord for His favor.’
Zechariah 8:23 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men [as representatives] from all the nations will grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”
1 Thessalonians 2:1 - For you know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you has not been ineffective (fruitless, in vain),
1 Thessalonians 2:13 - And we also thank God continually for this, that when you received the word of God [concerning salvation] which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its inherent, supernatural power in those of faith].
1 Corinthians 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were led off after speechless idols; however you were led off [whether by impulse or habit].
Galatians 4:8 - But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.
Galatians 4:9 - Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
1 Timothy 4:10 - It is for this that we labor and strive [often called to account], because we have fixed our [confident] hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe [in Him, recognize Him as the Son of God, and accept Him as Savior and Lord].