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Verse 12. _MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE_] They had already
love to each other, so as to unite them in one Christian body; and he
prays that they may have an _increase_ and an _abundance_ of...
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AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE - compare notes,
2 Corinthians 9:8. The word “Lord” here probably refers to the
Lord Jesus, as this is the name by which he is commonly designated...
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III. AFFLICTIONS AND COMFORT
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. Timotheus, Paul's messenger 1 Thessalonians 3:1)_
2. His return with good tidings and the apostle's comfort and joy 1
Thessalonians 3:6)
3. This earnest...
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THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY TO THESSALONICA. Paul's distress and anxiety
with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a
mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon him b...
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May he who is our God and Father and the Lord Jesus Christ direct our
way to you. May the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love
to each other and to all men, even as we do towards you, in o...
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THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
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INCREASE. Greek. _pleonazo._ See Romans 5:20.
LOVE. Same as "charity", 1 Thessalonians 3:6.
TOWARD. App-104.
WE. we also....
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_And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards
another_ In the Greek order, BUT YOU MAY THE LORD MAKE TO INCREASE,
&c. "whatever it may please Him to appoint in respect to _us_and o...
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section iv
St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1 Thessalonians
2:17 to 1 Thessalonians 3:13
The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden
and characteristic b...
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§ 6. 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13. The Good News brought by Timothy
Timothy has just returned from Thessalonica; and his report is
entirely reassuring (1 Thessalonians 3:6), so that it gives new life
to Pau...
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ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΔῈ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΑΙ ΚΑῚ
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΣΑΙ ΤΗ͂Ι�. _But you may the Lord make to
increase and overflow in your love toward one another and toward all_.
1 Thessalonians 3:12 passes from writers to read...
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ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΖΩ (G4121)
делать больше, увеличивать,
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ
(G4052) переливать через край,
ΤΉ ΆΓΆΠΗ (G26), _dat._ может быть _dat._ ссылк...
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DISCOURSE: 2200
THE EFFECT OF LOVE ON UNIVERSAL HOLINESS
1 Thessalonians 3:12. _The Lord make you to increase and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
to t...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:12)
12 AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD
ANOTHER, AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE ALSO _DO_ TOWARD YOU;
Translation and Paraphrase
12.
And may...
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And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
The "you" (Greek) is emphatically put first: 'but' (Greek for "and"),
what con...
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THE LORD'S PRESENCE
12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a
steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow
saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
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3:12 you, (c-2) 'You' is in contrast with 'our ... to you.'...
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THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS
1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
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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 3
WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5
V1 When we could wait no l...
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AND THE LORD MAKE YOU. — The word _you_ in the Greek is emphatic and
stands first. The wish in the previous verse concerned the
_writers:”_ But _you_ (whether we come or not) may the Lord make,”
&c. B...
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CHAPTER 8
LOVE AND PRAYERS
1 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.)
THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They
illustrate the remark of Bengel that the First Epistle to the
Thessalonians i...
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CHAPTER 7
ABSENCE AND LONGING
1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.)
THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the
Jews to the gospel, and in the verses before us...
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The security and purity of the Christian life are rested upon its
brotherly love (so Ep. Arist., 229); all breaches or defects of
ἁγιωσύνη, it is implied, are due to failures there (_cf._ 1
Thessaloni...
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to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
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AWAKENING THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION
1 Thessalonians 3:1
At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is
described as _a fellow-worker with God_. What a wonderful phrase, and
yet i...
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The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the
strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of
faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed
suf...
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PAUL'S PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN THESSALONICA
Paul's prayer, directed to the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
clearly shows he thought Jesus was God too. Such is emphasized by the
singular verb being...
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(3) And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:
(3) Another part of the epistle, in which he speaks of the duties of a
Ch...
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_And may the Lord multiply you. That is, increase the number of
Christians among you. (Witham)_...
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(11) В¶ Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
direct our way unto you. (12) And the Lord make you to increase and
abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we...
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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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_CHRISTIAN LOVE_
‘The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.’
1 Thessalonians 3:12
St. Paul was verily a man of prayer. He be...
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12_And the Lord fill you_. Here we have another prayer — that in the
mean time, while his way is obstructed, the Lord, during his absence,
may confirm the Thessalonians in holiness, and fill them with...
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Now this forced removal of the apostle as the chief labourer, without
weakening the bond between him and the disciples, formed other links
which would consolidate and strengthen the assembly, knitting...
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AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE,.... That is, the Lord the Spirit;
so that the object of prayer, addressed by the apostle, is Father,
Son, and Spirit, as in Revelation 1:4. The Alexandrian copy read...
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_What thanks can we render to God_ That is, what sufficient thanks;
_for you_ On account of your perseverance; _for all the joy_
That I have thereby such unfeigned cause of rejoicing; so that the
apos...
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The apostle prays for their further establishment in faith and love:...
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AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD
ANOTHER AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE DO TOWARD YOU,...
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Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea
to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time (Acts 17:1), he sent word for
Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15). Evid...
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E. Paul's prayer, 3:11-13
11 NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT
OUR WAY UNTO YOU. DIRECT: OR, GUIDE
12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward...
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“AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD
ANOTHER, AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE ALSO DO TOWARD YOU”
“The Lord”: The Lord Jesus (1 Thessalonians 3:12). “MAKE YOU TO
INCREASE A...
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11-13 Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due
unto God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is
not only to be offered in the name of Christ, but offered up...
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INCREASE AND ABOUND; these two words denote an increasing and
overflowing abundance. This is another thing he prays for; the former
respected himself, this respected them. He desired to come to them t...
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and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward
another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;...
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1 Thessalonians 3:12 And G1161 Lord G2962 make G4121 you G5209
increase G4121 (G5659) and G2532 abound G
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‘Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our
way to you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love, one
toward another, and towards all men, even as we also do toward...
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_Paul describes the Feelings he had towards the Thessalonians after he
had left them._
This paragraph is remarkable chiefly as a manifestation of the ardent
affection which Paul felt for his churches....
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1 Thessalonians 3:12. BUT YOU MAY THE LORD MAKE TO INCREASE. Whatever
becomes of us and of our prayer, whether we are allowed to come to you
or not, may you be tended by the Lord. As the beginnings, s...
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THE LORD
(ο Κυριος). The Lord Jesus. Paul prays to Christ.MAKE YOU TO
INCREASE
(υμας πλεονασα). First aorist active optative (wish for
future) of πλεοναζω, late verb from πλεον (more),TO
SUPERABO...
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1 Thessalonians 3:11
I. We have to notice very carefully to whom this ejaculatory prayer is
addressed: Now God Himself, even our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is quite evident that our Lord and...
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CONTENTS: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the
believer.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy.
CONCLUSION: It is easy for the servant of Christ to bear afflictions
or persecut...
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1 Thessalonians 3:1. _Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,_
seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and
preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athens....
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GROW MORE AND MORE. Love is even more important than faith or hope
(see 1 Corinthians 13:13). Whether he sees them again or not, he prays
God will make their love grow!...
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_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
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and
anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens,
and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting them to en...
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WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it would be good
to be left at Athens alone; And we sent Timothy, our brother, and
minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ...
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1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:8;...
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Still our apostle perseveres in prayer, on the behalf of his beloved
Thessalonians; and the particular mercy he prays for, is, their
abundant increase in the grace and duty of love, first amongst
them...