μηκ., instead of οὐκ., to bring out the personal motive. στέγοντες “able to bear” (_cf._ Philo, _Flacc._, § 9, μηκέτι στέγειν δυνάμενοι τὰς ἐνδείας), sc. the anxiety of 1 Thessalonians 2:11 f. ἐν Ἀ. μόνοι. Paul shrank from loneliness, especially where there was little or no Christian fellowship; but... [ Continue Reading ]
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cf._ Artemid., _Oneirocritica_ ii. 11, ἀλλότριοι δὲ κύνες σαίνοντες μὲν δόλους καὶ ἐνέδρας ὑπὸ πονηρῶν ἀνδρῶν [_cf._ 2 Thessalonians 3:2] ἢ γυναικῶν [_cf._ Acts 17:4] σημαίνουσιν.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cf._ Acts 17:3; Acts 17:6; Acts 17:13 f.... [ Continue Reading ]
Resuming the thought of 1 Thessalonians 3:1-3 _a_, after the parenthetical digression of 3 _b_, 4, but adding a fresh reason for the mission of Timothy, _viz._, the apostle's desire to have his personal anxiety about the Thessalonians relieved. It is needless to suppose (with Hofmann and Spitta) tha... [ Continue Reading ]
The news put life and spirit into him. στήκετε, for construction _cf._ Mark 11:25 and Abbott's _Johan. Gramm._, 2515 (i).... [ Continue Reading ]
Another adaptation of ethnic phraseology, _cf._ _Griechische Urkunden_, i. 246, 12, νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ἐντυγχάνω τῷ θεῷ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν (a pagan papyrus from second or third century, A.D.). The connection of δεόμενοι κ. τ. λ. with the foregoing words is loose, but probably may be found in the vivid realisa... [ Continue Reading ]
κατευθύναι (optative), as already (Acts 16:8-10; Acts 17:1). The singular (_cf._ II., 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) implies that God and Jesus count as one in this connection. The verb is common (_e.g._, Ep. Arist., 18, etc.) in this sense of providence directing human actions.... [ Continue Reading ]
The security and purity of the Christian life are rested upon its brotherly love (so Ep. Arist., 229); all breaches or defects of ἁγιωσύνη, it is implied, are due to failures there (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:6); even sensuality becomes a form of selfishness, on this view, as much... [ Continue Reading ]