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Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:20. _FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY._] Ye are
the seal of our apostleship; your conversion and steadiness are a full
proof that God hath sent us. Converts to Christ are our ornam...
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FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY - The meaning is, that the source of
happiness to a minister of the gospel in the day of judgment will be
the conversion and salvation of souls. The object of the apostle...
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II. TRUE SERVICE,
AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_
2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1
Thess...
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PAUL AND THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH. The next two paragraphs describe
(_a)_ the effect of Paul's preaching at Thessalonica, (_b)_ his
anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church under stress of
persecu...
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PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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But, brothers, when we had been separated from you--in presence but
not in heart--for a short time, we were the more exceedingly eager
with a great desire to see your face. So we wished to come to you...
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§ 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 Jewi...
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ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΓΆΡ ἘΣΤΕ Ἡ ΔΌΞΑ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ Ἡ
ΧΑΡΆ. _Yes, truly, you are our glory and our joy_. In this reply
to the rhetorical question of 1 Thessalonians 2:19, δόξα covers
ἐλπίς and στέφανος καυχήσεως, while...
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ΓΆΡ (G1063) да, конечно. Частица вводит
ответ на риторический вопрос, в
подобных случаях подтверждая
сказанное, являясь как бы скрытым "да"
(BD, 236)....
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DISCOURSE: 2197
CHRISTIANS THE JOY OF THEIR MINISTERS
1 Thessalonians 2:19. _What is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at
his coming? F...
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FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY.— The Apostle expected to know the
Thessalonians again at the day of judgment, and in the other world;
and rejoiced in the hope of meeting them among the holy and glorifie...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20)
19 FOR WHAT IS OUR HOPE, OR JOY, OR CROWN OF GLORYING? ARE NOT EVEN
YE, BEFORE OUR LORD JESUS AT HIS COMING? 20 FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND
OUR JOY.
Translation and Parap...
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For ye are our glory and joy.
Emphatic repetition. Who but ye and our other converts are our hope,
etc., hereafter, at Christ's coming? For it is ye who ARE now our
glory and joy....
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7 What figure could more touchingly convey the apostle's genuine
affection for the
Thessalonians than that of a nursing mother? How unselfish and gentle
and self-sacrificing is her care! The soul is...
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THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA
2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep
impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians
1:30). I...
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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 2
HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4
V1...
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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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to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
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THE APOSTLE'S GLORY AND JOY
1 Thessalonians 2:13
The Christian worker always should wait on God till he gets the word
of the message. There is an essential difference between delivering a
sermon or a...
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It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been
discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends
himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been
w...
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A DEEP DESIRE TO SEE THEM
Paul had been forced to leave, or orphaned as his word means, the
newborn Christians in Thessalonica against his personal desire, as can
be seen when he says, "having been ta...
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REFLECTIONS
LET as many ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ as read this precious
chapter, beg for grace, to be enabled to follow the Apostle's example
in their ministry, and humbly pray for the same s...
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(13) В¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,...
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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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Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open
and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof
of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
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FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY. Or "our joy", as the Syriac, Arabic, and
Ethiopic versions read; this is a repetition, and a confirmation of
what is before said; and signifies that these saints were the...
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For ye are our glory and joy.
Ver. 20. _For ye are our glory and joy_] Let no man therefore envy us
these temporary good things, a competent maintenance: there are better
things abide us above....
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_But we, brethren_, &c. In this verse we have a remarkable instance,
not so much of the transient affections of holy grief, desire, or joy,
as of that abiding tenderness, that loving temper, which is...
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Sinners who are converted and saved in answer to the prayers and
through the instrumentality of Christians, will be jewels in their
crown of everlasting joy....
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Paul's attempts to visit the Thessalonians:...
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FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND JOY.
Here the apostle returns once more to the declaration of the cordial
affection which he felt for the Thessalonian Christians: But we,
brethren, bereft of you for a little...
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We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the
energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the
Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
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D. Concern for the church, 2:17-3:10
1. Paul's desire to return, 2:17-20
17 BUT WE, BRETHREN, BEING TAKEN FROM YOU FOR A SHORT TIME IN
PRESENCE, NOT IN HEART, ENDEAVOURED THE MORE ABUNDANTLY TO SEE...
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“FOR YE ARE OUR GLORY AND OUR JOY”
This statement should challenge us. For Paul is saying that these
Christians brought him more joy and made him prouder than any material
object. Are our brethren mo...
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17-20 This world is not a place where we are to be always, or long
together. In heaven holy souls shall meet, and never part more. And
though the apostle could not come to them yet, and thought he mig...
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He redoubles the expression, to show his great affection, and
complacency of heart in them; or to show that they more than others
were this occasion of rejoicing to him. And he mentions GLORY as well...
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For ye are our glory and our joy. [Paul also calls the Philippians his
joy and crown (Philippians 4:1), and expresses, as here, a hope of
glorying hereafter both in them and in the Corinthians (Philip...
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1 Thessalonians 2:20 For G1063 you G5210 are G2075 (G5748) our G2257
glory G1391 and G2532 joy G5479
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‘For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Are not even
you before our Lord Jesus at his coming? For you are our glory and
joy.'
Paul now reveals how important they are to him and his compan...
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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 2:17
I. The Thessalonian Christians were peculiarly the Apostle's hope,
being regarded by him, not simply as a conspicuous part of the reward
in glory which was in store for him, but a...
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
I. The text points to the future. Paul loved the Thessalonians; he
made mention of them in his prayers. He remembered without ceasing
their work of faith, their labour of love, th...
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CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan.
CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have
their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
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VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation
was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing
t...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:19 Presenting his converts
to Jesus at the second coming is part of Paul’s Christian hope.
CROWN. Crowns or wreaths were given to winning athletes....
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 2:17. BEING TAKEN FROM YOU.—R.V. “bereaved of
you.” St. Paul, absent from Thessalonica, feels like a parent who
has lost a child, and regards them as...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of
the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless;
although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
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FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was
not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1):
Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica
for he makes reference to...
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1 Corinthians 11:7; Proverbs 17:6...
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THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
1 Thessalonians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of
Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...