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Verse 17. _PRAY WITHOUT CEASING._] Ye are _dependent_ on God for every
good; without him ye can do nothing; feel that dependence at all
times, and ye will always be in the spirit of prayer; and those...
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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING - See the notes on Romans 12:12. The direction
here may be fairly construed as meaning:
(1) That we are to be regular and constant in the observance of the
stated seasons of praye...
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V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_
2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12)
3. Conclusions 1 Thes
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SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS.
1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders.
No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this
verse implies that the Church h...
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LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
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We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour
among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish
you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
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PRAY. Greek. _prqseuchomai._ App-134.
WITHOUT CEASING. See 1 Thessalonians 1:3....
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_Pray without ceasing_ Twice the Apostle has used this adverb (ch. 1
Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:13), referring to his own
constant grateful remembrance of his readers before God. Numberless...
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Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians
5:12-24
In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his
readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
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§ 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Directions for Holy Living
In § 7 (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) _the saintship_ of the Thessalonians
supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostles’ charge. The
virtues of...
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16–18. ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ ΧΑΊΡΕΤΕ, ἈΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ, ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ
ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ. _Always rejoice; unceasingly pray; in
everything give thanks_. The adverbs, emphatically prefixed to the
three imperatives, co...
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ΆΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ (G89) _adv._ непрерывно,
непрестанно, постоянно (_см._ 1 Thessalonians
1:2; ВВС),
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться. Это
наиболее общее обозначение м...
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DISCOURSE: 2205
THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION
1 Thessalonians 5:16. _Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you_.
THE...
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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.— "And, in order to maintain and improve this
holy joy, _pray incessantly._ Be constant in your stated devotions at
their returning seasons, and endeavour to keep your minds habit...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17)
16 REJOICE ALWAYS; 17 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING;
Translation and Paraphrase
16.
Rejoice always (in tribulation as well as in comfort).
17.
Pray without ceasing. (Always...
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Rejoice evermore.
In order to "rejoice evermore" we must "pray without ceasing." He who
thanks God for all things as happening for the best, will have
continuous joy (Theophylact). Philippians 4:4;...
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THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING
THOSE DROWSING
4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us.
The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should
be on t...
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THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS
1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty
as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
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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 5
WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11
V1 Now, brothers and s...
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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. — Theophylact well says, “This shows the way
to ‘rejoice always’ — to wit, incessant prayer and eucharist,
for he that has accustomed himself to hold converse with God, and to
gi...
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CHAPTER 14
THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL
1 Thessalonians 5:16 (R.V.)
THE three precepts of these three verses may be called the standing
orders of the Christian Church. However various the circu...
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“ _Pray always_, says the Apostle; that is, have the habit of
prayer, turning your thoughts into acts by connecting them with the
idea of the redeeming God” (Coleridge, _Notes on the Book of Common
Pr...
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General instructions for the church....
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“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING
1 Thessalonians 5:12
The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of
exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his
soldiers, who, in the p...
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Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting
for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and
drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN
In 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul had noted their joy. As he closed out
this letter, the apostle wanted to urge the brethren to make joy an
ever present part of the...
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(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among
you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to
esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pea...
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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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_A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY_
‘Pray without ceasing.’
1 Thessalonians 5:17
How shall we use this help to holiness so that we may be able to get a
tighter grasp of this sanctity that God has put within our r...
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The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very
different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer
as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. Not that saints should be always on their knees,
or ever lifting up their hands, and vocally calling upon God; this is
not required of them, and would clash with, and break in up...
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Pray without ceasing.
Ver. 17. _Pray without ceasing_] While prayer standeth still, the
trade of godliness stands still. All good comes into the soul by this
door, all true treasure by this merchant'...
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_Rejoice evermore_ In your present privileges and future hopes. See
note on Romans 14:17; Php 4:4; 1 Peter 1:6. _Pray without ceasing_ In
order to maintain and improve this holy joy, be always in a sp...
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In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he
now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no
need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
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B. Appeal for steadfastness, 5:16-22
16 REJOICE EVERMORE.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spi...
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“PRAY WITHOUT CEASING”
This is common theme in Paul's letter (1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2
Thessalonians 3:1; Romans 12:12;...
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16-22 We are to rejoice in creature-comforts, as if we rejoiced not,
and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but
if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. A truly rel...
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OLBGrk;
This is a means to maintain our rejoicing, and therefore next
mentioned. Prayer is a making known our requests to God, PHILIPPIANS
4:6. And it is either mental, in the heart only, as Hannah's...
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pray without ceasing [This not only means to observe habitual seasons
of prayer, and to cultivate a disposition to pray, but to be ever in a
prayerful spirit, to have constantly a subconsciousness of...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Next, [teach] your wives [to walk] in the faith given to them, and in
love and purity tenderly loving their own husbands in all truth, and
loving all [others] e...
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1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray G4336 (G5737) ceasing G89
Pray - Luke 18:1, Luke 21:36;...
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‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks,
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.'
Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of
t...
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1 Thessalonians 5:17. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. One of the Greek
commentators (Theophylact) remarks that the apostle now shows how we
may continually rejoice, viz. by continuing in prayer and
thanksgiving...
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AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of
practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom
he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
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1 Thessalonians 5:17
I. The nature of prayer. Prayer is not a rite, not a ceremony, not a
cold, outward observance, but an actual intercourse between two
parties one who prays and One who hears. It is...
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1 Thessalonians 5:16
I. "Rejoice evermore." The Thessalonian converts were living in the
sphere of sorrow. The Apostle exhorts them to be "girded with
gladness." This rejoicing, being in the Lord, is...
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1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._
It...
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CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah.
Exhortations to believers.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in
cons...
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1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need
that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much
concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the
churc...
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PRAY AT ALL TIMES. That is, make a habit of prayer. See Luke 18:1-8;
Ephesians 6:18....
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_Pray without ceasing _
I.
What is it to pray?
1. It is a desire. That is the nature of it. We may desire a thing--
(1) With our mouths only (Isaiah 29:13).
(2) With our hearts only (1 Samuel 1:1...
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_Rejoice evermore _
A TRINITY OF PRIVILEGES
I. Study these advices separately.
1. “Rejoice evermore.” Rejoice because of--
(1) Your conversion.
(2) Your privileges as children of God.
(3) Your a...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
suggests continual personal fellowship with God.
⇐...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:16_
The Secret of a Happy Life.
Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of
the soul when it is filled with the peace o...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when
believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to
Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
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But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write
unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so
cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
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1 Peter 4:7; Colossians 4:2; Ephesians 6:18; Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36;...
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Without ceasing [α δ ι α λ ε ι π τ ω ς]. Comp. Romans 9;
Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2....
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SANCTIFICATION
1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean
that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
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Note from the connection, that he that would rejoice evermore, must
pray evermore; seldom praying and constant rejoicing will never stand
together; according to our constancy in prayer, such will be t...