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Verse 2 Thessalonians 2:17. _COMFORT YOUR HEARTS_] Keep your souls
ever under the influence of his Holy Spirit: _and stablish
you_-confirm and strengthen you in your _belief_ of every _good word_
or d...
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COMFORT YOUR HEARTS; - see the notes, 1Th 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1
Thessalonians 5:14. The Thessalonians were in the midst of trials, and
Paul prayed that they might have the full consolations of...
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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....
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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...
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THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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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...
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COMFORT. App-134.
STABLISH. Greek. _sterizo._ See Romans 1:11....
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_comfort your hearts_ Comp. ch. 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians
3:13; and the similar expression in Colossians 2:2. The "heart" is the
inward man, the seat of our thoughts and emotions (see note,...
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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...
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§ 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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ΣΤΗΡΙΞΑΙ υμας, in the latest uncials, and cop; cf. 2
Thessalonians 3:3.
ΕΡΓΩΙ ΚΑΙ ΛΟΓΩΙ, transposed by G and the Syrians, in
conformity with Romans 15:18; 2 Corinthians 10:11;...
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ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΣΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ
(G3870) ободрять, утешать (TDNT; BAGD; MNTW, 128).
ΣΤΗΡΊΞΑΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΣΤΗΡΊΣΣΩ (G4741)
усиливать, поддерживать (_см._ 1 Thessalonians
3:2)....
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DISCOURSE: 2215
GOD OUR BENEFACTOR
2 Thessalonians 2:16. _Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God,
even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation and good hope thr...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
16 NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND GOD OUR FATHER WHO LOVED US
AND GAVE US ETERNAL COMFORT AND GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE, 17 COMFORT
YOUR HEARTS AND ESTABLISH THEM...
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Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which
hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace,
HIMSELF - by His own might, contrasted with...
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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...
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2:17 encourage (k-1) As 2 Corinthians 1:4 ....
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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...
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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....
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COMFORT YOUR HEARTS... — “Comfort,” in reference to the
“unending comfort” of 2 Thessalonians 2:16; and “stablish,” in
reference to the “good hope in grace.” The “heart” needs
comfort as the seat of e...
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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,...
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2 Thessalonians 2:17, in contrast to the disquiet and confusion of 2
Thessalonians 2:2. ἔργῳ as in 2 Thessalonians 1:11...
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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...
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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...
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PAUL'S EXHORTATION AND PRAYER FOR THESSALONICA
Paul wanted them to hold their ground (in contrast to verse 2) by
keeping the truths given over to them through inspired speakers and
writers. God's chil...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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COMFORT YOUR HEARTS,.... That is, apply the comfort given, and cause
it to be received, which unbelief is apt to refuse; and increase it,
by shedding abroad the love of Christ, and of the Father; by t...
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Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Ver. 17. _Stablish you_] Taking you by the hand, and laying hold on
you, like as ye lay hold upon his word, 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ....
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_Therefore, brethren, stand fast_ In your adherence to the truth and
possession of the grace of the gospel; _and hold_ Without adding to or
diminishing from them; _the traditions which ye have been ta...
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COMFORT YOUR HEARTS, AND ESTABLISH YOU IN EVERY GOOD WORD AND WORK.
After his extended description of Anti-Christ and its attendant
warning, the apostle now turns back to his Thessalonian Christians
w...
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PAUL COMMENDS, COUNSELS, AND COMFORTS HIS READERS:...
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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...
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Paul's ends the chapter with a prayer for them. He makes these points:
A. God loves us.
B. He gave us eternal life.
C. He gives us comfort.
D. Only God can offer us hope.
17. E. God will comfort...
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“COMFORT YOUR HEARTS AND ESTABLISH THEM IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND
WORD”
We must always remember that God loves us (John 3:16; Romans 8:32). If
we end up lost then it was our choosing. Notice how Paul asc...
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16,17 We may and should direct our prayers, not only to God the
Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, but also to our Lord Jesus
Christ himself. And we should pray in his name unto God, not only as...
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Next, we have the things prayed for: COMFORT YOUR HEARTS; though he
said before, _who hath given us everlasting consolation._ The apostle
means, either actual possession of what God had given title to...
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comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
[Paul, as a minister of Christ, was endeavoring to comfort and
establish the Thessalonians in their words and deeds, and he here
pra...
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‘Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us
and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your
hearts and establish them in every good work and word.'
This...
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2 Thessalonians 2:17. EVERLASTING CONSOLATION. Everlasting, in
contrast to all other comforts which are liable to come to an end, to
be confronted with emergencies for which they are insufficient. The...
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_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...
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COMFORT AND STABLISH
(παρακαλεσα κα στηριξα). First aorist active
optative of wish for the future of two common verbs παρακαλεω
(see on 1 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 1 Thess...
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2 Thessalonians 2:16
Life's Trouble and its True Remedy.
I. By Divine will there is a trouble common to man a trouble of life
in which all and each may expect some share, and which, at particular
tim...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 2:16. EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD
HOPE.—Consolation, or comfort, is ministered by the Paraclete (John
14:16; Acts 9:31), who abides for ever with...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 John 3:18; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:13;...
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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...