pray without ceasing [This not only means to observe habitual seasons of prayer, and to cultivate a disposition to pray, but to be ever in a prayerful spirit, to have constantly a subconsciousness of the presence of God. Compare 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2];
Verse 17. _PRAY WITHOUT CEASING._] Ye are _dependent_ on God for every good; without him ye can do nothing; feel that dependence at all times, and ye will always be in the spirit of prayer; and those...
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING - See the notes on Romans 12:12. The direction here may be fairly construed as meaning: (1) That we are to be regular and constant in the observance of the stated seasons of praye...
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. 1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Church h...
We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
PRAY. Greek. _prqseuchomai._ App-134. WITHOUT CEASING. See 1 Thessalonians 1:3....
Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
_Pray without ceasing_ Twice the Apostle has used this adverb (ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:13), referring to his own constant grateful remembrance of his readers before God. Numberless...
16–18. ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ ΧΑΊΡΕΤΕ, ἈΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ, ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ. _Always rejoice; unceasingly pray; in everything give thanks_. The adverbs, emphatically prefixed to the three imperatives, co...
§ 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Directions for Holy Living In § 7 (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) _the saintship_ of the Thessalonians supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostles’ charge. The virtues of...
ΆΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ (G89) _adv._ непрерывно, непрестанно, постоянно (_см._ 1 Thessalonians 1:2; ВВС), ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться. Это наиболее общее обозначение м...
DISCOURSE: 2205 THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION 1 Thessalonians 5:16. _Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you_. THE...
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.— "And, in order to maintain and improve this holy joy, _pray incessantly._ Be constant in your stated devotions at their returning seasons, and endeavour to keep your minds habit...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:16-17) 16 REJOICE ALWAYS; 17 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING; Translation and Paraphrase 16. Rejoice always (in tribulation as well as in comfort). 17. Pray without ceasing. (Always...
Rejoice evermore. In order to "rejoice evermore" we must "pray without ceasing." He who thanks God for all things as happening for the best, will have continuous joy (Theophylact). Philippians 4:4;...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING THOSE DROWSING 4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us. The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should be on t...
THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS 1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
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 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. — Theophylact well says, “This shows the way to ‘rejoice always’ — to wit, incessant prayer and eucharist, for he that has accustomed himself to hold converse with God, and to gi...
CHAPTER 14 THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (R.V.) THE three precepts of these three verses may be called the standing orders of the Christian Church. However various the circu...
“ _Pray always_, says the Apostle; that is, have the habit of prayer, turning your thoughts into acts by connecting them with the idea of the redeeming God” (Coleridge, _Notes on the Book of Common Pr...
General instructions for the church....
“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:12 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who, in the p...
Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN In 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul had noted their joy. As he closed out this letter, the apostle wanted to urge the brethren to make joy an ever present part of the...
(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pea...
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...
_A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY_ ‘Pray without ceasing.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:17 How shall we use this help to holiness so that we may be able to get a tighter grasp of this sanctity that God has put within our r...
The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. Not that saints should be always on their knees, or ever lifting up their hands, and vocally calling upon God; this is not required of them, and would clash with, and break in up...
Pray without ceasing. Ver. 17. _Pray without ceasing_] While prayer standeth still, the trade of godliness stands still. All good comes into the soul by this door, all true treasure by this merchant'...
_Rejoice evermore_ In your present privileges and future hopes. See note on Romans 14:17; Php 4:4; 1 Peter 1:6. _Pray without ceasing_ In order to maintain and improve this holy joy, be always in a sp...
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING,...
The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:...
In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
B. Appeal for steadfastness, 5:16-22 16 REJOICE EVERMORE. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spi...
“PRAY WITHOUT CEASING” This is common theme in Paul's letter (1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Romans 12:12;...
16-22 We are to rejoice in creature-comforts, as if we rejoiced not, and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. A truly rel...
OLBGrk; This is a means to maintain our rejoicing, and therefore next mentioned. Prayer is a making known our requests to God, PHILIPPIANS 4:6. And it is either mental, in the heart only, as Hannah's...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians Next, [teach] your wives [to walk] in the faith given to them, and in love and purity tenderly loving their own husbands in all truth, and loving all [others] e...
1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray G4336 (G5737) ceasing G89 Pray - Luke 18:1, Luke 21:36;...
‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of t...
AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
1 Thessalonians 5:17. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. One of the Greek commentators (Theophylact) remarks that the apostle now shows how we may continually rejoice, viz. by continuing in prayer and thanksgiving...
1 Thessalonians 5:17 I. The nature of prayer. Prayer is not a rite, not a ceremony, not a cold, outward observance, but an actual intercourse between two parties one who prays and One who hears. It is...
1 Thessalonians 5:16 I. "Rejoice evermore." The Thessalonian converts were living in the sphere of sorrow. The Apostle exhorts them to be "girded with gladness." This rejoicing, being in the Lord, is...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the churc...
PRAY AT ALL TIMES. That is, make a habit of prayer. See Luke 18:1-8; Ephesians 6:18....
_Rejoice evermore _ A TRINITY OF PRIVILEGES I. Study these advices separately. 1. “Rejoice evermore.” Rejoice because of-- (1) Your conversion. (2) Your privileges as children of God. (3) Your a...
_Pray without ceasing _ I. What is it to pray? 1. It is a desire. That is the nature of it. We may desire a thing-- (1) With our mouths only (Isaiah 29:13). (2) With our hearts only (1 Samuel 1:1...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING suggests continual personal fellowship with God. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:16_ The Secret of a Happy Life. Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of the soul when it is filled with the peace o...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
1 Peter 4:7; Colossians 4:2; Ephesians 6:18; Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36;...
Without ceasing [α δ ι α λ ε ι π τ ω ς]. Comp. Romans 9; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2....
SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
Note from the connection, that he that would rejoice evermore, must pray evermore; seldom praying and constant rejoicing will never stand together; according to our constancy in prayer, such will be t...