1 Thessalonians 1 - Introduction
CHAPTER 1. PAUL REJOICES IN THE REMARKABLE WORK OF GOD REVEALED IN THE THESSALONIANS.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 1. PAUL REJOICES IN THE REMARKABLE WORK OF GOD REVEALED IN THE THESSALONIANS.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace.' This was a typical form of greeting by a letter writer of the day, indicating the author's name, the recipient's name, a reference to a deity and a hope for th... [ Continue Reading ]
‘We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patient endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, knowing, brethren beloved, your election.' We have here a threefold... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Knowing, brothers beloved of God, your election, how that our Good News did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and much assurance, even as you know what manner of men we showed ourselves towards you for your sake, and you became imitators of us and of the Lord, h... [ Continue Reading ]
‘So that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and Achaia, for from you has sounded out the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith towards God has gone out so that we need not speak anything.' The word tupos (example) meant originally the m... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had to 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, even Jesus who delivers us from the coming wrath.' Everywhere Christians were... [ Continue Reading ]