1 Thessalonians 1:9 (WEB)
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,
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…quitting the idols which formerly it used slavishly to serve, has been converted to the same God from whom Israel, as we have above related, had departed.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Thess. i. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“For we read: “How ye turned from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. i. 9, 10.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“And to the Thessalonians he wrote in similar terms “For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how we turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”” — editor's note: 1 Thess. i. 9, 10
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Basil the Great
“…hold fast as a sure protection the confession which we recorded at our first admission, when, being delivered “from the idols,” we came “to the living God,” constitutes himself a “stranger” from the “promises” of God, fighting against his own handwriting, which he put on record when he professed the faith.” — editor's note: 1 Thess. i. 9.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 9.