Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, NOW - `But:' marking the transition from his prayers for them to entreaties to them. WE BESEECH YOU - affectionate entreaty to win them to the right view, rather than stern reproof.... [ Continue Reading ]
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. SOON - on trifling grounds, readily (Galatians 1:6). SHAKEN, [ saleutheenai (G4531)] - tossed as ships tossed by an agitated sea (James 1:6; James... [ Continue Reading ]
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; BY ANY MEANS - Greek, 'in any manner.' Christ (Matthew 24:4) gives the same warning. Paul indicated three ways (2 Thessalonians 2:2) in... [ Continue Reading ]
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (Daniel 11:36-27.) The words there as to Antiochus Epiphanes shall receive their exhaustive fulfillment in the man of sin, the New... [ Continue Reading ]
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? REMEMBER ... - confuting those who suppose Paul erred in his first letter as to Christ's immediate coming, and now corrects that error. I TOLD YOU - often [ elegon (G3004)]: 'I was telling,' or 'used to tell.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. NOW YE KNOW - by my having told you. The power was one 'known' to the Thessalonians. WHAT WITHHOLDETH - holds him back. 'The power that [ to (G3588) katechon (G2722)] keeps in check' the man of sin from his development is t... [ Continue Reading ]
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY - the counterwork to "the mystery of godliness (1 Timothy 3:16). Anti-Christianity latently working, distinguished from its final open manifestation. "Mystery... [ Continue Reading ]
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 'The lawless one;' the embodiment of all the 'lawlessness' working in "mystery" for ages (2 Thessalonians 2:7): the "man of sin" (2 Thessalonians... [ Continue Reading ]
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, WHOSE COMING, [ parousia (G3952), Antichrist's: marking the contrast to the parousia (G3952), 'personal presence,' of Christ] "is" - in essential character. AFTER - according to [ kata (G2596): such... [ Continue Reading ]
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. DECEIVABLENESS, [ apatee (G539) adikias (G93)] - 'deceit of (to promote) unrighteousness' (2 Thessalonians 2:12). IN. So C. But 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f... [ Continue Reading ]
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: FOR THIS CAUSE - because "they received not the love of the truth;" the only safeguard against error. SHALL SEND, [ pempei (G3992), 'sends'] - 'is sending' the "delusion" already. Those who reject the truth,... [ Continue Reading ]
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. THEY ALL MIGHT BE DAMNED - Greek, 'that all,' etc.: the general proposition which applies specially to Antichrist's adherents. Not all in Rome, or other anti-Christian systems, shall be damned, but onl... [ Continue Reading ]
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: BUT. In delightful contrast to the damnation of the lost (2 Thessalonians 2:12) stands the "s... [ Continue Reading ]
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. YOU. So 'Aleph (') G g, Vulgate. But A B Delta f 'us.' BY OUR GOSPEL - `through' the Gospel which we preach. TO ... GLORY - in , "to salvation;" i:e., deliverance from all evil, of body and soul ();... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. THEREFORE. God's sovereign choice, so far from being a ground for inaction, is the strongest incentive to perseverance in action. Compare the argument (Philippians 2:12), 'work ou... [ Continue Reading ]
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, HIMSELF - by His own might, contrasted with our feebleness; ensuring the efficacy of our prayer. Here our Lord Jesus stands first; in 1 Thessal... [ Continue Reading ]