For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our reception among you was not in vain,

弟兄们，你们自己原晓得我们进到你们那里并不是徒然的。

弟兄们，你们自己知道我们来到你们那里并不是徒然的。

弟兄们，你们自己知道我们来到你们那里并不是徒然的。

弟兄姊妹，你们自己知道，我们那次探望你们并没有白费。

弟兄们，你们都知道，我们进到你们那里，并不是白费工夫的。

弟兄们，你们自己知道，我们进到你们那里并不是空无果效的；

弟兄們，你們自己原曉得我們進到你們那裏並不是徒然的。

弟兄們，你們自己知道我們來到你們那裏並不是徒然的。

弟兄們，你們自己知道我們來到你們那裏並不是徒然的。

弟兄姊妹，你們自己知道，我們那次探望你們並沒有白費。

弟兄們，你們都知道，我們進到你們那裡，並不是白費工夫的。

弟兄們，你們自己也知道我們進到你們中間、並不見得是空無所得的；

弟兄們，你們自己知道，我們進到你們那裡並不是空無果效的；

兄弟乎、爾知我儕昔入爾中、非徒然也、

兄弟知我素至爾、非徒然、

兄弟乎、爾知我儕至爾處、非徒然也、

兄弟乎、曩者吾儕之詣爾處、實不為徒勞；此固爾等之所知也。

You know, brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not without results.

Brothers and sisters, you know that our visit to you produced results.

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain.

You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure.

For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our visit with you was not without result.

For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our visit with you was not without result.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you– it has not proven to be purposeless.

For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,

Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it was also with you;

Is it not indeed from the Lord of armies That peoples labor merely for fire, And nations become weary for nothing?

Unless the Lord builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain.

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that somehow I might be running, or had run, in vain.

by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be for nothing.

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father,knowing, brothers and sisters, beloved by God, His choice of you;for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes.You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.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,and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is, Jesus who rescues us from the wrath to come.

holding firmly the word of life, so that on the day of Christ I can take pride because I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

But I said,“ I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and futility; Nevertheless, the justice due to Me is with the Lord, And My reward is with My God.”

They will not labor in vain, Or give birth to children for disaster; For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord, And their descendants with them.

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of mere men, but as what it really is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;

She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor is for nothing, she is unconcerned,

when He comes to be glorified among His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed— because our testimony to you was believed.