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Verse 8. _BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU_] We had such intense
love for you that we were not only willing and forward to preach the
unsearchable riches of Christ to you, but also to give our _ow...
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SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU - The word here rendered
“being affectionately desirous” - ὁμειρομενοι
homeiromenoi - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means to
“long after, to ha...
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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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AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS. Greek. _himeiromai,_ or _homeiromai._ Only
here.
WILLING. well pleased.
UNTO. to.
ALSO, &C. = our own lives (App-110.) also.
DEAR UNTO. App-185....
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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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ΌΜΕΙΡΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΌΜΕΊΡΟΜΑΙ (G2442) относиться по-доброму,
стремиться к кому-л. Этимология неясна
(Lightfoot, Notes; Morris; MH, 251; Richard). Оно
употребляется в надписи на н...
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DISCOURSE: 2194
THE MINISTERIAL CHARACTER PORTRAYED
1 Thessalonians 2:7. _We were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth, her children: so, being affectionately desirous of you, we
were willing...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:8)
8 EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU, WE WERE WELL PLEASED
TO IMPART UNTO YOU, NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT ALSO OUR OWN
SOULS, BECAUSE YE WERE BECOME VERY DE...
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So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have
imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls,
because ye were dear unto us.
SO. 'As a nurse cherisheth, et...
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7 What figure could more touchingly convey the apostle's genuine
affection for the
Thessalonians than that of a nursing mother? How unselfish and gentle
and self-sacrificing is her care! The soul is...
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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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SO means hero _even so,_ confirming the simile, and is not to be taken
in the sense of “therefore.”
NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY. — The gospel was, as it were, the milk
given to the young converts; but...
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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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THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR
Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his
very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches
the gospel with the r...
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(6) So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have
imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls,
because ye were dear unto us.
(6) To consider the flock tha...
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_ Because you were become most dear to us. Literally, desiring you.
[3] St. John Chrysostom admires the tender expressions of love in St.
Paul. (Witham)_
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Desiderantes vos, _Greek: ime...
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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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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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SO BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU,.... Not of theirs but them;
not of glory from them, nor a maintenance by them, but of their
spiritual and eternal welfare; were as fond of them as a nursing
mo...
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So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have
imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls,
because ye were dear unto us.
Ver. 8. _So being affectionately...
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_But we were gentle_ Mild, tender; _among_ Εν μεσω υμων, _in
the midst of, you_ Like a hen surrounded with her young; _even as a
nurse_ A mother who suckles her own offspring, as the word
τροφος here...
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OUR OWN SOULS; our lives: he was so desirous of their salvation, that
he was willing not only to labor, but if need be to die to promote it.
In their manner of preaching and in their intercourse with...
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Paul's unselfish devotion:...
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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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B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12
5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A
CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
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“EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU, WE WERE WELL PLEASED
TO IMPART UNTO YOU, NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT ALSO OUR OWN
SOULS, BECAUSE YE WERE BECOME VERY DEAR TO US”
“Even so”. “Having...
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7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most
conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the
gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fai...
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OLBGrk;
A further account of their behaviour among them. The former verse
showed their great gentleness, this their great love; expressed,
first: In their affectionate desire of them; as the Latin ph...
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even so, being affectionately desirous of you [not yours, but you],
_we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only_
[as the sincere milk of the Word], _but also_ [as mothers ofte...
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1 Thessalonians 2:8 So G3779 longing G2442 (G5734) you G5216 pleased
G2106 (G5707) impart G3330 (G5629) you G5213 not G3756 only G3440
gospel G2098 God G2316 but G235 also G2532 own G1438 lives G5590...
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‘Even so being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased
to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own
inner selves, because you had become very dear to us. For you
reme...
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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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EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU
(ουτως ομειρομενο υμων). Clearly the correct text
rather than ιμειρομενο from ιμειρω, old verb to long
for. But the verb ομειρομα (Westcott and Hort _o...
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1 Thessalonians 2:5
The Apostle is very careful in describing the relation in which his
ministry stood to the Thessalonians, to defend himself against all
false charges, all insinuations or suspicion...
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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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WE WERE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU. Love was the motive for all that Paul
did. Love made him overcome obstacles to bring them the Good News, and
he would have sacrificed his own life to do it (2 Corinthi...
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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 2:7. BUT WE WERE GENTLE.—R.V. margin says, “Most
ancient authorities read babes.” Origen and Augustine interpret this
to mean, “Like a nurse amongst h...
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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 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians
6:11; Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24; Colossians 1:28; Colossians 1:7;
Colossians 4:12;...
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Being affectionately desirous [ο μ ε ι ρ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. N.
T. o. Once in LXX, Job 3:21. The figure of the nursing mother is
continued. She is not satisfied with nursing the child, but interests
herself...
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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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To impart our own souls — To lay down our lives for your sake....