6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
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Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)In these words we have the evidence of the apostle’s success among the Thessalonians, which was notorious and famous in several places. For, I. They were careful in their holy conversation to imitate the good examples of the apostles and ministers of Christ, 1 Thess. 1:6. As the apostle took care to demean himself well, not only for his own credit’s sake, but for the benefit of others, by a conver…
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