1:4 encourages (a-2) _ Parakaleo_ , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in _ paramutheomai_ , so translated in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 'console,' John 11:19 ,... [ Continue Reading ]
10:4 God (i-14) Or 'divinely powerful,' as a Hebraism; or 'in a divine way', before God, in His view; bringing Him in; or 'through God.' Moses was 'beautiful to God' or 'divinely beautiful' (Acts 7:20 ).... [ Continue Reading ]
10:5 Christ; (k-26) Or 'of Christ.'... [ Continue Reading ]
10:7 appearance? (l-7) See ver. 1.... [ Continue Reading ]
10:8 overthrowing, (a-28) See ch. 13.10.... [ Continue Reading ]
10:12 intelligent. (b-28) 'Wise' is not the sense here, at least it seems to give the sense of 'not being wise in doing so,' which is not the force of the Greek expression. The force is 'do not perceive,' whether in capacity or fact. See Matthew 13:13 ; Mark 4:12 ; Mark 6:52 , Mark 6:7 .14; Mark 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
10:13 measure, (c-8) There is a double meaning in the words here. They signify 'out of measure, immoderately,' but allude also here to the false teachers going where God had not sent them. see ver.15.... [ Continue Reading ]
10:17 Lord. (d-10) See 1 Corinthians 1:31 .... [ Continue Reading ]