1 Thessalonians 2 - Introduction
1:4 knowing, (a-1) _ Oida_ , 'know consciously,' as throughout 1 and 2Thess., except 1 Thessalonians 3:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 knowing, (a-1) _ Oida_ , 'know consciously,' as throughout 1 and 2Thess., except 1 Thessalonians 3:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:10 piously (e-7) Or 'holily,' _ hosios_ . see 'gracious,' Acts 2:27 .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:12 calls (a-9) Or 'the God who calls you.' but neither gives exactly the Greek, because 'of God, who calls' makes God stand by himself as such; and 'the God who calls' makes the calling too distinctive, so that, but for other reasons, one might think there was another God. The Greek preserves the... [ Continue Reading ]
2:17 separated (b-10) Lit. 'orphaned of.' The one Greek word has been translated 'bereaved ... and separated' to express the emphatic reiteration of the Greek preposition _ apo_ .... [ Continue Reading ]
2:19 also (c-15) Or 'is it not even ye?'... [ Continue Reading ]