_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:1. WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR.—This latter word occurs in 1 Corinthians 13:7 to describe the endurance of love. 1 Thessalonians 3:2. FELLOW-LABOURER is omitted from the R.V. text, which reads, “our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:3. THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED.—The word seems to imply “moved to softness,” as Professor Jowett intimates. It is used especially of the motion of a dog’s tail as it fawns on its master. So the word passes over to the mental sphere (compare on St.... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:6. AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS.—R.V. “glad tidings.” “The one word for ‘brought-glad-tidings’ everywhere else in New Testament signifies _the_ glad tidings.… Hence the peculiar force of the word here.… It was a gospel sent to _him_ in return for hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:8. FOR NOW WE LIVE, IF YE STAND FAST IN THE LORD.—The man who later could say, “For to me to live is Christ,” prepares us for that saying by this. Life to him is desirable only as others benefit by it. 1 Thessalonians 3:9. FOR WHAT THANKS CAN WE RE... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:11. DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.— Acts 16:6 should be read. Satan might hinder (1 Thessalonians 2:18); if God “makes straight” the way, progress will be easy. 1 Thessalonians 3:12. THE LORD MAKE YOU ABOUND IN LOVE.—The Lord may here be the Holy Spirit,... [ Continue Reading ]