Our salvation is that into which we are called. This refers to the time when we heard the gospel and believed it. When we respond and obey the gospel, we are hearing the call of God. God still calls people in the same way today. The purpose of this calling is to obtain the glory of Jesus Christ.
Verse 14. 2 Thessalonians 2:13....
WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU BY OUR GOSPEL - He made the gospel as preached by us the means of calling you to salvation. That is, God has chosen you to salvation from eternity, and has made the gospel as p...
III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER, EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Chapter S 2:13-3:18 _ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_ 2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1) 3....
FURTHER THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. In contrast to the men mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Paul thanks God for the Christians whom God chose for salvation. The paragraph concludes with a brief doxolog...
THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
We ought always to give thanks for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the consecration of the Holy Spirit and by faith in the truth. For this he...
WHEREUNTO. Unto (Greek. _eis)_ which. GOSPEL. App-140. OBTAINING. Greek. _peripoiesis._ See Ephesians 1:14. GLORY. See p. 1511....
_whereunto_( TO WHICH END, including the whole salvation described in 2 Thessalonians 2:13) _he called you by our gospel_ i.e., "through the good news we brought." On _our gospel_see note to 1 Thessal...
Section IV. Words of Comfort and Prayer Ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 to 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Passing from the last Section, we breathe a sigh of relief, and gladly join in thanksgiving for those who will...
§ 4. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 TO 2 Thessalonians 3:5. WORDS OF COMFORT AND PRAYER _Solatium post prœdictionem rerum tristium_ (Bengel). Turning from the awful apparition of Antichrist, the writers with a...
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DISCOURSE: 2214 THE SALVATION OF MEN TRACED TO ITS PROPER SOURCE 2 Thessalonians 2:13. We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginni...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:14) 14 WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU THROUGH OUR GOSPEL, TO THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Translation and Paraphrase 14. Unto which (salvation) he (has) cal...
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. YOU. So 'Aleph (') G g, Vulgate. But A B Delta f 'us.' BY OUR GOSPEL - `through' the Gospel which w...
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
2:14 glory (h-15) 'The obtaining of the glory' is without the article in Greek. With the article it would refer to the fact of obtaining the glory; without it, it is the character of the calling. 'to...
THE GREAT APOSTASY 2. Spirit] i.e. a pretended revelation uttered by a false prophet. LETTER AS FROM US] perhaps a forged letter (the probable meaning), cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:17, or a misunderstandin...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2:1-2 V1 Now *brothers and *sisters, do not worry about the return of our *Lord Jesus Christ....
WHEREUNTO. — From the neuter gender of the relative in the Greek we see that the antecedent in St. Paul’s mind is not exactly “belief of truth,” nor exactly “sanctification of spirit,” nor yet exactly...
CHAPTER 21 THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (R.V.) THE first part of this chapter is mysterious, awful, and oppressive. It deals with the principle of evil in the world, its secret working,...
To be saved ultimately (12) is to possess or rather to share the glory of Christ (_cf._ I., 1 Thessalonians 2:12)....
HELD FIRM AND GUARDED FROM EVIL 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:1 This closing section is full of comfort and inspiration. Believers in Christ are the beloved of God; their salvation dates fr...
The apostle now stated clearly the order of events connected with the Second Advent of Jesus. He first announced the distinction between the two things that they were evidently confusing: ''the Coming...
THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S CHOSEN In contrast to the tragic condition of those who rejoiced in wicked ways, Paul was able to give thanks for the saints. They were the Lord's beloved as is shown by His cho...
Whereunto he called you by our (r) gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (r) By our preaching....
_Traditions,...whether by word, [10] or by our epistle. Therefore, says St. John Chrysostom, the apostle did not deliver all things that were to be believed, by writing; (Witham) but many things by wo...
(13) В¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
14_To which he called us_. He repeats the same thing, though in somewhat different terms. For the sons of God are not called otherwise than to the belief of the truth. Paul, however, meant to shew her...
In answering this error, and in guarding them from the wily efforts of seducers, he puts everything in its place here by appealing to precious truths of which he had already spoken. Their gathering to...
WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU BY OUR GOSPEL,.... Salvation being appointed as the end in the decree of election, and sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth, as means; the elect in the effectu...
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 14. _To the obtaining of the glory_] This is the end of faith, as faith is of effectual calling....
_But_, &c. Here he proceeds to comfort them against the terrors of the preceding prophecy; _we are bound to give thanks always for you_ As if he had said, I do not mean that ye believers at Thessaloni...
WHEREUNTO; to salvation in the way just mentioned....
WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU BY OUR GOSPEL TO THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST....
PAUL COMMENDS, COUNSELS, AND COMFORTS HIS READERS:...
In the first twelve verses of this chapter we are now presented with the striking, central message of the epistle. These things are not intended to satisfy indolent curiosity or to stir the excitement...
“WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU THROUGH OUR GOSPEL, TO THE OBTAINING OF THE GLORY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST” “Whereunto: To such. salvation. “To the whole program of being saved through sanctification of spi...
13-15 When we hear of the apostacy of many, it is a great comfort and joy, that there is a remnant according to the election of grace, which does and shall persevere; especially we should rejoice, if...
OLBGrk; WHEREUNTO HE CALLED YOU BY OUR GOSPEL: before, the apostle mentioned their election, now their calling; which are often in Scripture put together, ROMANS 8:30 2 PETER 1:10; and are both applie...
whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. [To this working of salvation God had called the Thessalonians, not by an arbitrary election, but by...
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‘But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brothers and sisters beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of...
2 Thessalonians 2:14. WHEREUNTO. That is, to salvation through sanctification and faith. HE CALLED YOU BY OUR GOSPEL. ‘Calling, in the phraseology of Paul, is not a mere invitation or exhortation add...
_Exhortation suitable to those whom God has saved from Unbelief and Unrighteousness_ Paul contrasts the condition and prospects of the believing Thessalonians with those persons of whom he has been s...
WHEREUNTO (εις ο). The goal, that is the final salvation (σωτηρια). Through our gospel (δια του ευαγγελιου ημων). God called the Thessalonians through Paul's preaching as he calls men now through t...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spiri...
CONTENTS: Day of the Lord and the man of sin. Exhortation and instruction. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, Satan, Paul. CONCLUSION: The blessed hope of Christ's coming is a doctrine wit...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord,_ the only hope of the saints, _and by our gathering together to him._ By the coming of our Lord reference must be had to the...
FOR GOD CHOSE YOU. In contrast to the victims of the Mysterious Wickedness, the Thessalonian Christians had been chosen to be saved! See note on 1 Thessalonians 1:4. God's Plan included the Gentiles f...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Disproving the False Claim about the Day of the Lord. Paul reassures the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord has not come. In...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:14 THIS. That is, salvation (v. 2 Thessalonians 2:13). obtain the glory
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 2:13. WE ARE BOUND TO GIVE THANKS.—The same form of expression as in 2 Thessalonians 1:3, save that here “we” is expressed separately and emphatically...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle now proceeds to the principal object which he had in view in writing this Epistle. The Thessalonians had adopted erroneous notions concerning the advent; they supposed...
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, [in virtue of this, because of this] and are gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neit...
1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:5; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:5;...
Our gospel. See on 1 Thessalonians 1:5....
THE SECOND COMING IN THESSALONIANS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS You are, perhaps, aware that the Second Coming of Christ holds a very important place in both of Paul's Epistles to the chur...
To which — Faith and holiness. He hath called you by our gospel — That which we preached, accompanied with the power of his Spirit....
The apostle comforted the Thessalonians in the former verse from their election, in this from their vocation; whereunto, that is, to which salvation, sanctification, and belief of the gospel, GOD HATH...