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Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:3. _OUR EXHORTATION_] The word
παρακλησις has a very extensive meaning; it signifies not
only _exhortation_ and _teaching_ in general, but also _encouragement,
consolation_, an...
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FOR OUR EXHORTATION - That is, the exhortation to embrace the gospel.
The word seems to be used here so as to include preaching in general.
The sense is, that the means which they used to induce them...
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II. TRUE SERVICE,
AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_
2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1
Thess...
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PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his
opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his
followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no
effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and
ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
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EXHORTATION. Greek. _paraklesis._ See Acts 4:36, and App-134.
NOR. Greek. _oud_ e.
GUILE. Greek. _dolos._ See Acts 13:10....
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section ii
The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
_Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica
had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
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§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at
Thessalonica
The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian
worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
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ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΣΙΣ (G3874) побуждение, одобрение,
призыв. Это зов, объектом которого
является прямая выгода тех, к кому он
обращен. Зов этот может быть
побуждением или советом, в
зависимости от обстоятельств....
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FOR OUR EXHORTATION WAS NOT OF DECEIT,— _For our doctrine was not
erroneous, nor impure, nor such as could seduce you._...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:3)
3 FOR OUR EXHORTATION _IS_ NOT OF ERROR, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS, NOR IN
GUILE:
Translation and Paraphrase
3.
For (you see) the message which we urge you to accept is not
(so...
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For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile:
FOR - the ground of his 'boldness' (1 Thessalonians 2:2), his freedom
from 'deceit [ planee (G4106): imposture, before men],...
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PAUL'S THANKSGIVING
2 This is the pattern pastoral epistle. Paul's deep concern leads him
to constant prayer for them, for he knows their need and has been torn
from them before it was possible for h...
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THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA
2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep
impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians
1:30). I...
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WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES
1 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 2
HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4
V1...
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“The reason that we were able to endure so much was our
consciousness of the sincerity and purity of our attention.”
EXHORTATION. — Exhortation is an attempt to make men take a
particular line of act...
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CHAPTER 5
_ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_
1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.)
OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain
little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
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An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
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THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR
1 Thessalonians 2:1
Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate
desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants
of God have s...
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It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been
discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends
himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been
w...
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MOTIVES BEHIND PAUL'S PREACHING
In a city filled with idol worship, the presentation of a religious
message without trickery being used for personal gain would surely
impress the hearers. Also, Paul...
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(3) For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of (b) uncleanness,
nor in guile:
(3) To teach pure doctrine faithfully and with a pure heart.
(b) By any wicked and evil type of dealing....
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_Our exhortation was not proceeding from error. [1] That is, was not
by promoting errors, or uncleanness. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
De errore, &c. i.e. ex errore, _Greek: ek planes, &c._...
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(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that
it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before,
and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
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There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the
Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact,
it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
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3_For our exhortation_. He confirms, by another argument, the
Thessalonians in the faith which they had embraced — inasmuch as
they had been faithfully and purely instructed in the word of the
Lord, f...
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Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open
and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof
of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
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FOR OUR EXHORTATION,.... Or "consolation"; for the ministry of the
Gospel, which is here meant, consists of doctrines full of comfort to
distressed minds, such as free justification by the righteousne...
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For our exhortation _was_ not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile:
Ver. 3. _Was not of deceit, nor, &c._] Neither for profit, pleasure,
nor preferment (the worldling's trinity). A minister, a...
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_For our exhortation_ That is, our preaching, a part being put for the
whole; _was not of deceit_ With a design to seduce or corrupt any one
by false doctrine; or, we preach not a lie, but the truth o...
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NOT OF DECEIT, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS; it did not spring from deceit, nor
impure motives.
NOR IN GUILE; we had no crafty designs of our own to accomplish under
the cloak of preaching the gospel....
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PAUL'S MANNER OF WORKING IN THESSALONICA. 1 Thessalonians 2:1
He came with the humble desire to serve God:...
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We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the
energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the
Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
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III. The relationship of the writers to the church, 2:1-3:13
A. Proper motive in preaching, 2:1-4
1 FOR YOURSELVES, BRETHREN, KNOW OUR ENTRANCE IN UNTO YOU, THAT IT WAS
NOT IN VAIN:
2 But even afte...
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“FOR OUR EXHORTATION IS NOT OF ERROR, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS, NOR IN
GUILE”
“Exhortation”: (1 Corinthians 14:3). “Persuasive discourse,
calling to one's side, for admonition, encouragement, or comfort”
_...
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1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a
good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at
first met with much opposition; and it was preached with conten...
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OLBGrk;
OUR EXHORTATION; whereby he means either the whole gospel he preached,
by a synecdoche, or particularly that which is hortatory; what was
first taught doctrinally was followed with exhortation...
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For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile
[The word "exhortation" has a double significance--it includes the
idea of rousing the slothful, and also that of comforting the
s...
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Tertullian On Modesty
Challenge me to front the apostolic line of battle; look at his
Epistles: they all keep guard in defence of modesty, of chastity, of
sanctity; they all aim their missiles agains...
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1 Thessalonians 2:3 For G1063 our G2257 exhortation G3874 not G3756
from G1537 error G4106 or G3761 G1537 uncleanness G167 nor G3777 in
G1722 deceit G1388
Exhortation - 3's H30036
1 Thessalonians 2:5...
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‘For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile, but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with
the Good News, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who prove...
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_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to
his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while
resident among them._
In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
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EXHORTATION
(παρακλησις). Persuasive discourse, calling to one's side,
for admonition, encouragement, or comfort.NOT OF ERROR
(ουκ εκ πλανης). This word is same as πλαναω, to lead
astray (2 Timot...
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1 Thessalonians 2:1
I. In view of what he had already undergone, and in anticipation of
renewed suffering, St. Paul was "bold" in declaring in Thessalonica
the whole counsel of God, keeping nothing b...
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CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan.
CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have
their own conscience and the consciences of ot...
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VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation
was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing
t...
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THE APPEAL WE MAKE TO YOU. Many people define faith as: _"something
you believe, even though you know it isn't true_." The Good News of
Christ is based upon EVIDENCE! Paul makes it plain that they do...
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_For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile _
EXHORTATION
The whole gospel preaching and message is so called, as permeated by,
and living in, an atmosphere of gentle, s...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he
said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in
Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionaries displayed all the trait...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 2:3. FOR OUR EXHORTATION.—The word reminds us of
Christ’s word, “I will send you another
Advocate”—“Paraclete.” Our advocacy of the gospel of Christ
w...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of
the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless;
although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
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FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was
not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1):
Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica
for he makes reference to...
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1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1
Thessalonians 2:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:2; 2
Corinthians 11:13; 2 Corinthians 12:16;...
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Exhortation [π α ρ α κ λ η σ ι ς]. See on Luke 6:24 and 1
Corinthians 14:3. Exhortation or counsel is Paul's usual sense.
Of deceit [ε κ π λ α ν η ς]. Better, of error. It may imply
deceit as accompa...
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THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
1 Thessalonians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of
Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...
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For our exhortation — That is, our preaching. A part is put for the
whole. Is not, at any time, of deceit — We preach not a lie, but the
truth of God. Nor of uncleanness — With any unholy or selfish v...
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Here our apostle assigns. subordinate reason why his preaching was so
successful amongst the Thessalonians, namely, because it was very
sincere. There was both sincerity in the doctrine preached, and...