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 ]
5:1 house (e-9) 'Tabernacle' is characteristic.... [ Continue Reading ]
5:2 from (f-17) _ Ek_ . 'out of.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:4 yet (g-13) Or 'though meanwhile,' 'yet in such sort that.' It is a necessary condition of the right understanding of ver. 4. 'Clothed' is the same word as 'to have put on' in ver. 2. For 'groan,' vers. 2 and 4, see Mark 7:34 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:6 know (h-7) Lit. 'knowing' (from _ oida_ , conscious knowledge). It was their state; confident and knowing. present (i-10) absent (i-16) The Greek words translated 'present' and 'absent' are literally 'at home' and 'away from home.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:10 in (k-20) 'The things which in their accomplishment have their seat there.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:11 been (l-13) been (l-24) Or 'are manifested.' It is the perfect tense; what is done and of which the effect continues.... [ Continue Reading ]
5:12 countenance, (a-31) As 'appearance,' ch. 10.1.... [ Continue Reading ]
5:13 God; (b-10) Or 'for God;' that is, he was as a fool for God's glory. But the sense is, I think, 'If he lost the blessed calculations of love which was his path towards men, it was to be out of himself with God, and for God.' a blessed alternative. His ecstasy was not excitement or folly, but if... [ Continue Reading ]
5:14 died; (c-20) Or 'had died.' It is the aorist, and refers to the state Christ's death _ proved them to be in_ , in a state of nature. To make it a consequence of Christ's death is, I judge, an utter blunder.... [ Continue Reading ]
5:15 them (d-22) 'For them' may apply to both 'died' and 'been raised,' but I think 'raised' is supplementary and by itself.... [ Continue Reading ]
5:16 know (e-5) known (e-16) know (e-24) Here the first 'know' is 'conscious,' the second and third are objective. see Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
5:18 that (f-24) Or simply 'of reconciliation.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:19 that (f-25) Or simply 'of reconciliation.'... [ Continue Reading ]
5:20 were] (g-10) 'As of God beseeching;' 'as though,' or 'as if,' is too much similarity or comparison. God being in Christ, and they Christ's ambassadors, they besought on God's behalf. He was as beseeching by them. The apostle will not say God was beseeching, but softens it by 'as it were.' yet i... [ Continue Reading ]