“PAUL, AND SILVANUS, AND TIMOTHY, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy”: (1 Thessalonians 1:1). All three are still together in Corinth. “IN GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST”: One either has fellowship with both o... [ Continue Reading ]
“GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD THE FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” “We all know the tremendous value of. letter from someone we love, especially if we are alone and suffering; it can be of great encouragement. Imagine what it was like in apostolic times to receive. letter from the beloved apost... [ Continue Reading ]
“WE ARE BOUND TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS TO YOU, BRETHREN, EVEN AS IT IS MEET, FOR THAT YOUR FAITH GROWTH EXCEEDINGLY, AND THE LOVE OF EACH ONE OF YOU ALL TOWARD ONE ANOTHER ABOUNDETH” “Are bound”: “We owe. constant debt of thanksgiving to God” (Knox). “The thought is not of giving thanks for dut... [ Continue Reading ]
“SO THAT WE OURSELVES GLORY IN YOU IN THE CHURCHES OF GOD FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FAITH IN ALL YOUR PERSECUTIONS AND IN THE AFFLICTIONS WHICH YE ENDURE” “So that”: “Therefore” (NASV). “So much is this the case” (TCNT). “WE OURSELVES GLORY IN YOU IN THE CHURCHES OF GOD”: “We ourselves speak with pride... [ Continue Reading ]
“WHICH IS. MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; TO THE END THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER” “Which is”: “We come now to the main point of. Thessalonians, chapter 1. So often we see vice flourish and virtue perish. The Thessalonians probably w... [ Continue Reading ]
“IF SO BE THAT IT IS RIGHTEOUS THING WITH GOD TO RECOMPENSE AFFLICTION TO THEM THAT AFFLICT YOU” “If so be”: “It implies no doubt, but rhetorically puts. recognized fact as. supposition” _(Vincent p. 55)._ Stott notes, “Our habit is to see only the surface appearance, and so make only superficial c... [ Continue Reading ]
“AND TO YOU THAT ARE AFFLICTED REST WITH US, AT THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN WITH THE ANGELS OF HIS POWER IN FLAMING FIRE” “And to you”: Notice that the wicked and the righteous are both rewarded or recompensed at the same time. In the New Testament we only find one future coming of... [ Continue Reading ]
“RENDERING VENGEANCE TO THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND TO THEM THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS” “Rendering vengeance”: “Lit., ‘out of justice or righteousness', indicating this is not out of vindictiveness but. righteous (just) punishment for their evil deeds (Revelation 16:7)” _(Denton Lec... [ Continue Reading ]
“WHO SHALL SUFFER PUNISHMENT, EVEN ETERNAL DESTRUCTION FROM THE FACE OF THE LORD AND FROM THE GLORY OF HIS MIGHT” “Who”: The groups just previously mentioned, this would include everyone outside of Christ. Non-Christians are composed of two basic groups, those who are ignorant and those who have he... [ Continue Reading ]
“WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS, AND TO BE MARVELED AT IN ALL THEM THAT BELIEVED (BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY UNTO YOU WAS BELIEVED) IN THAT DAY” “When”: In the context we have. single period of time "in that day", when all these events take place. The reward for the righteous and the p... [ Continue Reading ]
“TO WHICH END WE ALSO PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU, THAT OUR GOD MAY COUNT YOU WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING, AND FULFILL EVERY DESIRE OF GOODNESS AND EVERY WORK OF FAITH, WITH POWER” “To which end”: “In view of this great prospect” (Phi). “With this in view” (TCNT). “WE ALSO PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU”: Since so much is... [ Continue Reading ]
“THAT THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS MAY BE GLORIFIED IN YOU, AND YE IN HIM, ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF OUR GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” “That”: The final result. Good deeds, acts of faith have an even higher purpose than merely helping someone. The aim is always to bring honor to God (Matthew 5:16).... [ Continue Reading ]