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Verse 11. _THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET_] Though in general the Church
at Thessalonica was pure and exemplary, yet there seem to have been
some _idle, tattling_ people among them, who disturbed the peac...
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AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET - Orderly, peaceful; living in the
practice of the calm virtues of life. The duty to which he would
exhort them was that of being subordinate to the laws; of avoiding all...
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IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_
2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13)...
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PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS TO PURITY OF LIFE AND BROTHERLY LOVE. The
Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:1. ABOUND: 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 *....
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THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
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You do not need that I should write to you about brotherly love; for
you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. Indeed you do
this very thing to all the brothers who are in the whole of Mac...
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STUDY. Greek. _philotimeomai._ See Romans 15:20.
BE QUIET. Greek. _hesuchazo._ See Luke 23:56.
DO, &C. = attend to your own affairs. Compare 2 Thessalonians 3:11.
commanded
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_and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business_ Lit.,
THAT YOU BE AMBITIONS TO BE QUIET an example of St Paul's
characteristic irony; the contrast between _ambition_and _quiet_giving
a sh...
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Section V. A Lesson in Christian Morals. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
We now pass from the first to the second of the two main divisions of
the Epistle (see _Introd_. Chap. VII.), from _narrative_to
_e...
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11. ιδιαις is supplied by א*ADCKL, &c.—an Alexandrian
emendation (? harmonistic: see 1 Corinthians 4:12; Ephesians 4:28),
adopted by the Syrians. WH relegate the adjective to the mg in
Ephesians 4:28,...
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§ 7. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. A Lesson in Christian Morals
We pass from the first to the second half of the Letter, from
_narration_ to _exhortation_ Chh. 1–3 are complete in themselves,
setting forth...
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ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΪ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_
ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΈΟΜΑΙ (G5389) стремиться к чемул.,
быть ревностным, стараться, считать
почетным (MM; Milligan; BAGD; NDIEC, 1:87-88). _Inf._ в ст.
11 связаны с помо...
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THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, &C.— Idleness is utterly unbecoming a
reasonable creature, and is not only a great vice itself, but the seed
of many and greater vices. Nothing can be a higher scandal to an...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)
11 AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO
WORK WITH YOUR HANDS, EVEN AS WE CHARGED YOU; 12 THAT YE MAY WALK
BECOMINGLY TOWARD THEM THAT ARE...
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And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to
work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
STUDY TO BE QUIET, [ philotimeisthai (G5389)] - 'make it your
ambition to be quiet,...
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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...
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EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND BROTHERLY LOVE. THE SECOND ADVENT
1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance
in it more and more.'
3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing willed by...
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STUDY] better, 'strive earnestly.' Religious excitement, especially in
view of the expected coming of Christ, was a danger to the
Thessalonian Church (2 Thessalonians 3:12). It caused neglect of 'the...
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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 4
HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8
V1 Brothers and sisters, y...
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(11)AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET. — The word means more than
“study;” “and that ye make it your ambition to keep quiet” —
their ambition having formerly been to make a stir among the Churches.
It is...
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CHAPTER 10
CHARITY AND INDEPENDENCE
1 Thessalonians 4:9 (R.V.)
WHEN the gospel first came abroad in the world, two characteristics of
its adherents attracted general attention, namely, personal puri...
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φιλοτ. ἡσυχάζειν (oxymoron). The prospect of the second
advent (1 Thessalonians 4:13 f., 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10) seems to have
made some local enthusiasts feel that it was superfluous for them to
go o...
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UNITED NOW AND HEREAFTER IN THE LORD
1 Thessalonians 4:9
It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may
teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest is
reserve...
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At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation.
Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated
that they needed some words of kindly warning.
The first subject i...
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AN EXHORTATION TO BROTHERLY LOVE AND WORK
Anytime someone listens to one of God's messengers, it could be said
that he is taught of God. The Thessalonians may have been taught by
listening to Paul or...
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(7) And that ye study to be quiet, (8) and to do your own business,
and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
(7) He condemns unsettled minds, and such as are curious in matters
which do...
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And that you want nothing of any man's. [2] This is the sense by the
Greek, nor does the Latin here signify to desire, but to want them
that are without; i.e. infidels out of the pale of the Church.
...
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(9) В¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto
you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. (10) And
indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Mace...
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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...
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_QUIET WORK_
‘We exhort you … that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own
business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you.’
1 Thessalonians 4:10
While no good man can look on wi...
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11_Maintain Peace. _I have already stated that this clause must be
separated from what goes before, for this is a new sentence. Now, to
_be at peace_, means in this passage — to act peacefully and wit...
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The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in
consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the
persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...
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AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET,.... To live peaceably in their own
families, and to give no disturbance to other families, by
talebearing, whispering, and backbiting; to behave with quietness in
the ne...
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And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to
work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Ver. 11. _Study to be quiet_] Gr. Be ambitious of peace; as earnest
and eager after i...
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_As touching brotherly love_ That peculiar affection which one
disciple of Christ owes to another; _ye need not_ so much _that I_
should _write unto you; for ye yourselves_ Independent of any teaching...
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AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO
WORK WITH YOUR OWN HANDS, AS WE COMMANDED YOU;...
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The apostle urges brotherly love and sober industry:...
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The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the
apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No
amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and
o...
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B. The problem of social conduct, 4:9-12
9 BUT AS TOUCHING BROTHERLY LOVE YE NEED NOT THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU:
FOR YE YOURSELVES ARE TAUGHT OF GOD TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
10 And indeed ye do it toward al...
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“AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO
WORK WITH YOUR HANDS, EVEN AS WE CHARGED YOU”
“Study”: To be fond of honor, that is, emulous (eager or earnest
to do something): to...
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9-12 We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that
we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are
savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teachin...
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OLBGrk;
AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET: he exhorts to quietness, and yet to be
diligent; and probably he might see this needful, either by what he
himself had observed amongst them, or by what he had h...
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and that ye study to be quiet [The Greeks were naturally mercurial and
restless. How much they needed this advice to be quiet, or steady,
will be seen in Paul's second Epistle, where he reproves them...
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Tertullian On Idolatry
Again, they say the same apostle has left a precept, according to his
own example, "That each one work with his own hands for a living."[27]...
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1 Thessalonians 4:11 G2532 aspire G5389 (G5738) life G2270 (G5721)
G2532 mind G4238 (G5721) business
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‘And that you are ambitious to be quiet, and to do your own
business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you. That
you may walk honestly towards those who are without, and may have need
o...
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_Exhortation to Brotherly Love and Industry_
The connection between the two subjects of this paragraph, brotherly
love and quiet industry, is somewhat obscure. It may be that those who
had abandoned t...
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1 Thessalonians 4:11. MAKE IT YOUR AMBITION TO BE QUIET. The Greeks
were naturally restless and ambitious. Juvenal in a well-known passage
(iii. 76) satirizes their unsteadiness, their flying from one...
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THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET
(φιλοτιμεισθα ησυχαζειν). First infinitive
dependent on παρακαλουμεν (verse 1 Thessalonians 4:10, we
exhort you), the second on φιλοτιμεισθα (old verb from
φιλοτιμος, fond...
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1 Thessalonians 4:9
Turning now, and as it were, with a sense of relief from warnings
against impurity and covetousness, but still keeping in view the aim
of his whole exhortation, viz., "the will of...
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1 Thessalonians 4:10
I. In what forms must we labour to advance Christ's Kingdom? In age
after age the saints of God have possessed their souls in joy and
patience, not gadding about as busy-bodies or...
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CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what
they should believe, but also how t...
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1 Thessalonians 4:1. _We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us_ the moral maxims of life
and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, _how ye ou...
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MAKE IT YOUR AIM TO LIVE A QUIET LIFE. Don't be a "busybody." It is
implied that some at Thessalonica expected Jesus to come immediately,
and so had quit working, and become loafers and troublemakers....
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11 LIVE QUIETLY. Live
peacefully with others (see 2 Thessalonians 3:11) instead of
interfering in ot
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and
Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians
4:1), the seco
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 4:11. STUDY TO BE QUIET.—R.V. margin, “Go: be
ambitious.” “An example of St. Paul’s characteristic irony: the
contrast between ambition and quiet, givi...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its
practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the
Thessalonians to make progress in the Christian life,...
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Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was
called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision
a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...
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1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Pete
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Study [φ ι λ ο τ ι μ ε ι σ θ α ι]. P o. Make it your aim.
Comp. Romans 14:20 (see note); 2 Corinthians 5:9. Often in Class. Lit.
to be fond of honor : hence to strive for honor, to be ambitious.
To be...
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That ye study — Literally, that ye be ambitious: an ambition worthy
a Christian. To work with your hands — Not a needless caution; for
temporal concerns are often a cross to them who are newly filled...
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It is supposed by some, that the charity and bounty of these
Thessalonians, mentioned in the foregoing verses, occasioned some
persons to be idle and carry tales from house to house, seeking by
such f...