Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4
§ 1. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4. SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING
§ 1. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4. SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING
THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS. _Chronological Notes relative to this Epistle_. -Year of the Constantinopolitan era of the world, or that used by the Byzantine historian...
PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHEUS; - See the notes on 1 Thessalonians 1:1....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Salutation and thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1)_ 2. The revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven (2 Thessa...
Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future. Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be c...
Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Brothers, we ought always to thank God for you, as it is fitting, b...
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
PAUL, &C. The opening words of this Epistle are the same as those of the First Epistle as far as "peace" (2 Thessalonians 1:2). UNTO. to. CHURCH. App-186. GOD. App-98. FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-9...
Section I. Salutation and Thanksgiving. Ch. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 1, 2. This _salutation_is nearly identical with that of Ep. I., see note. Only the Apostle writes here CHURCH OF THESSALONIANS IN GOD...
ПО поводу вступления _см._ 1 Фес. 1:1, а насчет небольших различий _см._ Bruce....
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2) 1 PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHY, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; 2 GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD THE FATHER AND THE...
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: IN GOD OUR FATHER - more endearing than , "in God THE Father....
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
SALUTATIONS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3. 5-C. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17. The Coming of Chri...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE LETTER 1 THE WRITERS Like 1 Thessalonians, this letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy. The writer of this letter used th...
PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHEUS. — The company which despatched the First Epistle is not yet broken up. This proves that the Second Epistle was written before the end of the second missionary journe...
CHAPTER 17 SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING 2 Thessalonians 1:1 (R.V.) IN beginning to expound the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, it is necessary to say a few words by way of introduction to the bo...
The address (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2) is followed first by a thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10) which passes into a prophetic piece of consolation, and then by a brief prayer (2 T
FAITHFUL THROUGH FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS GOD 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2 Thessalonians 1:2; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, the...
As in the first letter, Paul saw no need to mention his apostleship as he introduced himself, so it can be assumed no one had challenged it in this city. Silas and Timothy were also well known among t...
CONTENTS The Apostle opens his Epistle with his usual Benediction, He desires to bless God for the Prosperity of the Church at Thessalonica. He comforts the People under all their Trials, with the as...
(1) В¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: (2) Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
1_To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God_. As to the form of salutation, it were superfluous to speak. This only it is necessary to notice — that by a _Church in God and Christ _is meant o...
In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the apostle corrects some errors into which these disciples had fallen with regard to the day of the Lord through certain false teachers; as in part of the...
PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHEUS,.... 1 Thessalonians 1:1....
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Ver. 1. _In God our Father, and the Lord, &c._] As God is in his people of a truth...
V. 1. PAUL AND SILVANUS AND TIMOTHEUS, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD, OUR FATHER, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:...
(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
Paul is the author. Timothy and Silas are with Paul and "join" him in sending greetings. This opening verse is similar to the first letter. 2. "Grace and peace" is a common greeting in Paul's letters....
“PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHY, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy”: (1 Thessalonians 1:1). All three are still toget...
1-4 Where there is the truth of grace, there will be an increase of it. The path of the just is as the shining light, which shines more and more unto the perfect day. And where there is the increase...
2 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 1 2 THESSALONIANS 1:1,2 The salutation. 2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 Paul certifieth the Thessalonians of the good opinion which, he had of their faith, love, and patience....
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;...
2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul G3972 G2532 Silvanus G4610 and G2532 Timothy G5095 church G1577 Thessalonians G2331 in...
‘Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' This was a typical...
_Salutation Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonian Church under Persecution, Assurance of Compensation, and Prayer for the perfecting of their Faith._ Paul informs the Thessalonians of the emo...
PAUL, ETC. (Παυλοσ, ετχ.). This address or superscription is identical with that in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 save that our (ημων) is added afterFATHER (πατρ)....
2 Thessalonians 1:1 I. This Epistle opens with the mention of the same Apostolic group as does the first. Paul was not alone: Silvanus and Timotheus were still with him in closest fellowship of toil a...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians_ Paul loved to associate his fellow-workers with himself when writing to his brethren and sisters in Chri...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord J...
CONTENTS: Believer's comfort in persecution. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy. CONCLUSION: The patient suffering of believers for Christ's sake, is a manifest token that they are wor...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus,_ [the Roman name of Silas] _and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ._ The inscription is the same as in...
FROM PAUL, SILAS, AND TIMOTHY. See note on 1 Thessalonians 1:1. The first two verses of this letter are much the same as the first verse of 1 Thessalonians....
_Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus (see _1 Thessalonians 1:1_)--The company which despatched the First Epistle had not yet broken up._ This proves that the Second Epistle was written before the end of t...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:1 Opening. See note on 1 Thess. 1:1. All three missionaries are still together, so...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 2 Thessalonians 1:1_ Phases of Apostolic Greeting. Under this heading we have already treated homiletically the apostle’s formula of salutation, which is the same...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had received of the increase of the faith and love of his...
Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in Thessalon...
1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:19...
These two verses contain the inscription of this epistle in the very same words with the former, in the foregoing epistle. In which observe, 1. The writer of the epistle, St. Paul, joining himself wi...