McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
1 Thessalonians 3:12
and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;
and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;
Verse 12. _MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE_] They had already love to each other, so as to unite them in one Christian body; and he prays that they may have an _increase_ and an _abundance_ of...
AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE - compare notes, 2 Corinthians 9:8. The word “Lord” here probably refers to the Lord Jesus, as this is the name by which he is commonly designated...
III. AFFLICTIONS AND COMFORT CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Timotheus, Paul's messenger 1 Thessalonians 3:1)_ 2. His return with good tidings and the apostle's comfort and joy 1 Thessalonians 3:6) 3. This earnest...
THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY TO THESSALONICA. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon him b...
THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
May he who is our God and Father and the Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you. May the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love to each other and to all men, even as we do towards you, in o...
INCREASE. Greek. _pleonazo._ See Romans 5:20. LOVE. Same as "charity", 1 Thessalonians 3:6. TOWARD. App-104. WE. we also....
section iv St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 to 1 Thessalonians 3:13 The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden and characteristic b...
_And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another_ In the Greek order, BUT YOU MAY THE LORD MAKE TO INCREASE, &c. "whatever it may please Him to appoint in respect to _us_and o...
§ 6. 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13. The Good News brought by Timothy Timothy has just returned from Thessalonica; and his report is entirely reassuring (1 Thessalonians 3:6), so that it gives new life to Pau...
ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΔῈ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΑΙ ΚΑῚ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΣΑΙ ΤΗ͂Ι�. _But you may the Lord make to increase and overflow in your love toward one another and toward all_. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 passes from writers to read...
ΠΛΕΟΝΆΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΛΕΟΝΆΖΩ (G4121) делать больше, увеличивать, ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) переливать через край, ΤΉ ΆΓΆΠΗ (G26), _dat._ может быть _dat._ ссылк...
DISCOURSE: 2200 THE EFFECT OF LOVE ON UNIVERSAL HOLINESS 1 Thessalonians 3:12. _The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: to t...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:12) 12 AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER, AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE ALSO _DO_ TOWARD YOU; Translation and Paraphrase 12. And may...
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: The "you" (Greek) is emphatically put first: 'but' (Greek for "and"), what con...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
3:12 you, (c-2) 'You' is in contrast with 'our ... to you.'...
THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5 V1 When we could wait no l...
AND THE LORD MAKE YOU. — The word _you_ in the Greek is emphatic and stands first. The wish in the previous verse concerned the _writers:”_ But _you_ (whether we come or not) may the Lord make,” &c. B...
CHAPTER 8 LOVE AND PRAYERS 1 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.) THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They illustrate the remark of Bengel that the First Epistle to the Thessalonians i...
CHAPTER 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the Jews to the gospel, and in the verses before us...
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
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 Thessaloni...
AWAKENING THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION 1 Thessalonians 3:1 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as _a fellow-worker with God_. What a wonderful phrase, and yet i...
The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed suf...
PAUL'S PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN THESSALONICA Paul's prayer, directed to the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, clearly shows he thought Jesus was God too. Such is emphasized by the singular verb being...
(3) And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you: (3) Another part of the epistle, in which he speaks of the duties of a Ch...
_And may the Lord multiply you. That is, increase the number of Christians among you. (Witham)_...
(11) В¶ Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. (12) And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
_CHRISTIAN LOVE_ ‘The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.’ 1 Thessalonians 3:12 St. Paul was verily a man of prayer. He be...
12_And the Lord fill you_. Here we have another prayer — that in the mean time, while his way is obstructed, the Lord, during his absence, may confirm the Thessalonians in holiness, and fill them with...
Now this forced removal of the apostle as the chief labourer, without weakening the bond between him and the disciples, formed other links which would consolidate and strengthen the assembly, knitting...
AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE,.... That is, the Lord the Spirit; so that the object of prayer, addressed by the apostle, is Father, Son, and Spirit, as in Revelation 1:4. The Alexandrian copy read...
And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all _men_, even as we _do_ toward you: Ver. 12. _To increase and abound_] By doubling his word, he signifieth a dou...
_What thanks can we render to God_ That is, what sufficient thanks; _for you_ On account of your perseverance; _for all the joy_ That I have thereby such unfeigned cause of rejoicing; so that the apos...
The apostle prays for their further establishment in faith and love:...
AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE DO TOWARD YOU,...
Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time (Acts 17:1), he sent word for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15). Evid...
E. Paul's prayer, 3:11-13 11 NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU. DIRECT: OR, GUIDE 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward...
“AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER, AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE ALSO DO TOWARD YOU” “The Lord”: The Lord Jesus (1 Thessalonians 3:12). “MAKE YOU TO INCREASE A...
11-13 Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due unto God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not only to be offered in the name of Christ, but offered up...
INCREASE AND ABOUND; these two words denote an increasing and overflowing abundance. This is another thing he prays for; the former respected himself, this respected them. He desired to come to them t...
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‘Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love, one toward another, and towards all men, even as we also do toward...
_Paul describes the Feelings he had towards the Thessalonians after he had left them._ This paragraph is remarkable chiefly as a manifestation of the ardent affection which Paul felt for his churches....
1 Thessalonians 3:12. BUT YOU MAY THE LORD MAKE TO INCREASE. Whatever becomes of us and of our prayer, whether we are allowed to come to you or not, may you be tended by the Lord. As the beginnings, s...
THE LORD (ο Κυριος). The Lord Jesus. Paul prays to Christ.MAKE YOU TO INCREASE (υμας πλεονασα). First aorist active optative (wish for future) of πλεοναζω, late verb from πλεον (more),TO SUPERABO...
1 Thessalonians 3:11 I. We have to notice very carefully to whom this ejaculatory prayer is addressed: Now God Himself, even our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. It is quite evident that our Lord and...
CONTENTS: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: It is easy for the servant of Christ to bear afflictions or persecut...
1 Thessalonians 3:1. _Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,_ seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athens....
GROW MORE AND MORE. Love is even more important than faith or hope (see 1 Corinthians 13:13). Whether he sees them again or not, he prays God will make their love grow!...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:11. DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.— Acts 16:6 should be read. Satan might hinder (1 Thessalonians 2:18); if God “makes straight” the way, progress will
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens, and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting them to en...
WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it would be good to be left at Athens alone; And we sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ...
1 Corinthians 13:1; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:8;...
Still our apostle perseveres in prayer, on the behalf of his beloved Thessalonians; and the particular mercy he prays for, is, their abundant increase in the grace and duty of love, first amongst them...