1. For ΔΙΟ Β has the impossible διοτι, probably through transcriptional assimilation to μηκετι. ΗΥΔΟΚΗΣΑΜΕΝ, in אBP. Cf. ηυδοκουμεν, the reading of B in 1 Thessalonians 2:8; also Romans 15:26-27; 1 Corinthians 10:5, where WH adopt ηυδ- from אB*, אA, and AB*C respectively; and 1 Corinthians 1:21, whe... [ Continue Reading ]
§ 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 TO 1 Thessalonians 3:5. The Separation of the Apostles from their Converts After the pause for thanksgiving to God, which in its turn led up to the stern denunciation of Jewish persecutors in 1 Thessalonians 2:15 f., the Letter resumes the strain of 1 Thessalonians 2:13. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The verse presents a complicated and difficult problem: (_a_) ΤΟΝ ΑΔΕΛΦΟΝ ΗΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ is the reading of אAP 67** 71 and several other minn., vg cop basm syrhel txt, Bas Euthal Pelag; the sah and the Harleian* copy of the vg omit _dei_. (_b_) τον αδελφον ημων κ. συνεργον του θεου:... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΟ (ΣΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ) in all uncials. G has the Latinism ινα; latt vg, _ut nemo moveatur_. 3. ΤῸ ΜΗΔΈΝΑ ΣΑΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΘΛΊΨΕΣΙΝ ΤΑΎΤΑΙΣ. _To wit, that no one be shaken in mind_ (or _befooled) amid these afflictions_. “These” are the θλίψεις of 1 Thessalonians 1:6 and 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Thessalonian... [ Continue Reading ]
ΚΑῚ ΓᾺΡ ὍΤΕ ΠΡῸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ἯΜΕΝ, ΠΡΟΕΛΈΓΟΜΕΝ κ.τ.λ. In support of the rule just stated, the Apostles recall their own definite and repeated warnings. For εἰμὶ πρός—the “with” of personal converse—cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; also Galatians 1:18; John 1:1. The impf.... [ Continue Reading ]
ΤΗΝ ΥΜΩΝ ΠΙΣΤΙΝ (WH, _margin_), B 37 73 116: this (for Paul) unusual order (cf. e.g. 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:6) may be original. On the other hand, 1 Thessalonians 3:7 may have deflected the reading of B here. 5. ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΚἈΓῺ ΜΗΚΈΤΙ ΣΤΈΓΩΝ ἜΠΕΜΨΑ κ.τ.λ. _On this account I myself al... [ Continue Reading ]
ἌΡΤΙ ΔῈ ἘΛΘΌΝΤΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΈΟΥ ΠΡῸΣ ἩΜΑ͂Σ�ʼ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. _But now that Timothy, at this moment, has come to us from you_. From Acts 18:5 it would appear that Timothy had joined Silas before arriving at Corinth, where the two found St Paul (see _Introd._ p. xxi.). Ἄρτι (√αρ, as in ἀραρίσκω, _to fit_ or _join_)... [ Continue Reading ]
§ 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 Paul and Silas (1 Thessalonians 3:7-8). They know not how to be thankful enough to God for the joy with... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΝΑΓΚΗΙ ΚΑΙ ΘΛΙΨΕΙ (in this order): all uncials except KL, and the best minn. and versions. Θλιψις is much the more familiar word of the two; see 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:6. 7. ΔΙᾺ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΠΑΡΕΚΛΉΘΗΜΕΝ, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, ἘΦʼ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ἘΠῚ ΠΆΣΗΙ ΤΗ͂Ι�.Τ.Λ. _On this account we were encouraged, brother... [ Continue Reading ]
ΣΤΗΚΕΤΕ, rather than -ητε: all uncials except א*D, and many good minn. See Expository Note. 8. ὍΤΙ ΝΥ͂Ν ΖΩ͂ΜΕΝ ἘᾺΝ ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΣΤἩΚΕΤΕ ἘΝ ΚΥΡΊΩΙ. _For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord_. Νῦν is temporal (cf. note on ἄρτι, 1 Thessalonians 3:6)—_under these circumstances_. Ζῶμεν, “we live i... [ Continue Reading ]
9. τῳ κυριῳ, instead of ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩΙ, א* (also εμπροσθεν του κυριου later) D*G (the Gothic Version has _domino deo_, by conflation): an aberrant Western reading—perhaps determined by εν κυριῳ at the end of 1 Thessalonians 3:8. B reads περι ημων, for ΠΕΡΙ ΥΜΩΝ. 9. ΤΊΝΑ ΓᾺΡ ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΊΑΝ ΔΥΝΆΜΕΘΑ ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕ... [ Continue Reading ]
ΝΥΚΤῸΣ ΚΑῚ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ὙΠΕΡΕΚΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΥ͂ ΔΕΌΜΕΝΟΙ ΕἸΣ ΤῸ ἸΔΕΙ͂Ν ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΤῸ ΠΡΌΣΩΠΟΝ, _by night and day making supplication in exceeding abundant measure, to the end that we may see your face_. On the temporal expression, see note to 1 Thessalonians 2:9; it repeats more graphically the ἀδιαλείπτως of 1 Thessa... [ Continue Reading ]
11. χριστος supplements Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in DCGKL: a characteristic Western and Syrian addition; see note on 1 Thessalonians 2:19 above. 11. ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΔῈ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΑΤῊΡ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Σ ΚΑΤΕΥΘΎΝΑΙ ΤῊΝ ὉΔῸΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν κ.τ.λ. _Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direc... [ Continue Reading ]
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 readers with the contrastive δέ. “The Lord,” in St Paul’s general usage—above all, where it directly fol... [ Continue Reading ]
ΑΜΕΜΠ-τως, for -ΤΟΥΣ, BL: perhaps due to 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. See Expository Note. αγιοσυνῃ: this unusual spelling in B*DG—a frequent itacism (ο for ω). So DG in 2 Corinthians 7:1. The closing ΑΜΗΝ (WH, _margin_) is found in א*AD 37 43 d e vg cop: a strong combination of evi... [ Continue Reading ]