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Verse 10. _YE_ ARE _WITNESSES, AND GOD_ ALSO, _HOW HOLILY_] i.e., in
reference to GOD; how _justly_ in reference to _men_; and _unblamably_
in reference to our _spirit_ and _conduct_, as ministers of...
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YE ARE WITNESSES - They had a full opportunity of knowing his manner
of life.
AND GOD ALSO - See the notes on ver 5.
HOW HOLILY - Piously - observing all the duties of religion.
AND JUSTLY - In our...
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II. TRUE SERVICE,
AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
CHAPTER 2
_ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_
2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1
Thess...
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PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his
opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his
followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no
effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and
ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
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PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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HOLILY. Greek. _hosios._ Only here. Compare the adjective Acts 2:27.
JUSTLY. Greek. _dikaios._ See 1 Corinthians 15:34, and compare
App-191.
UNBLAMEABLY. Greek. _amemptos._ Only here and...
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section ii
The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
_Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica
had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
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_Ye are witnesses, and God_also] In 1 Thessalonians 2:5 the witness of
man and of God (to the outward and inward respectively) were
distinguished; here they are combined: YOU ARE WITNESSES, AND SO IS...
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§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at
Thessalonica
The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian
worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
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ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΜΆΡΤΥΡΕΣ, ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΘΕΌΣ. In 1
Thessalonians 2:5 the witness of men and that of God were separately
invoked (see note); here jointly, for the writers’ pastoral
ministry, described in 1 Thessalonian...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:10)
10 YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD _ALSO,_ HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND
UNBLAMABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES TOWARD YOU THAT BELIEVE:
Translation and Paraphrase
10.
You (yoursel...
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Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
YE ARE WITNESSES - as to our outward conduct.
GOD - as to our inner motives....
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7 What figure could more touchingly convey the apostle's genuine
affection for the
Thessalonians than that of a nursing mother? How unselfish and gentle
and self-sacrificing is her care! The soul is...
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2:10 piously (e-7) Or 'holily,' _ hosios_ . see 'gracious,' Acts 2:27
....
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THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA
2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep
impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians
1:30). I...
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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 2
HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4
V1...
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YE ARE WITNESSES. — Abruptly, without conjunction, the writers add a
summary description of their conduct at Thessalonica; before, they had
dwelt on details, now, on the broad characteristics. As in 1...
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CHAPTER 5
_ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_
1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.)
OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain
little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
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An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
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“We made ourselves yours” (_cf._ 8), the dative going closely (as
Romans 7:3) with the verb, which is qualified (as in 1 Corinthians
16:10) by the adverbs; so Born., Findlay. ὑμῖν κ. τ. λ.
(dative of...
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THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR
1 Thessalonians 2:1
Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate
desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants
of God have s...
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It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been
discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends
himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been
w...
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THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR
Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his
very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches
the gospel with the ri...
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(8) Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
(8) To excel others in the example of a godly life....
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_You are witnesses. We must necessarily conclude that the apostle
speaks this not from vain glory, or personal vanity; but in the just
right of defending his own character against the aspersions of
en...
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(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that
it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before,
and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
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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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_THE POWER OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE_
‘Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe.’
1 Thessalonians 2:10
St. Paul felt that it was i...
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10_Ye are witnesses_. He again calls God and them to witness, with the
view of affirming his integrity, and cites, on the one hand, God as a
witness of his conscience, and them, (532) on the other han...
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Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open
and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof
of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
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YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO,.... Not so much to what goes before as
to what follows after, relating to their holy walk and conversation
among them, the more open part of which they were witness of;...
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Ye _are_ witnesses, and God _also_, how holily and justly and
unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
Ver. 10. _Ye are witnesses, and God also_] Happy is that man that can
be acquitt...
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_Ye remember, brethren, our labour_ In the ministerial work; _and
travail_ Μοχθον, _toil_, in our secular employment; _for
labouring night and day_, &c. It seems they often took from the rest
of the n...
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YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO, HOW HOLILY AND JUSTLY AND UNBLAMABLY
WE BEHAVED OURSELVES AMONG YOU THAT BELIEVE;...
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Paul's unselfish devotion:...
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We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the
energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the
Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
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B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12
5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A
CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
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“YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO, HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND
UNBLAMEABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES TOWARD YOU THAT BELIEVE”
“Holily and righteously”: Piously and justly. “UNBLAMEABLY”:
Faultlessly. The...
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7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most
conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the
gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fa...
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The former verses gave account of their carriage in the ministry, this
here of their Christian conversation; _holily, _ with respect to God;
_justly, _ with respect to duties commanded towards men; an...
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Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily [toward God] _and
righteously_ [toward man] _and unblamably_ [either toward God or man]
_we behaved ourselves toward you that believe_ [Paul here claims not...
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1 Thessalonians 2:10 You G5210 witnesses G3144 and G2532 God G2316 how
G5613 devoutly G3743 and G2532 justly...
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‘You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and
unblameably we behaved ourselves towards you who believe, as you know
how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own child...
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_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to
his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while
resident among them._
In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
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1 Thessalonians 2:10. Paul gives a general summary of the character of
his demeanour in Thessalonica as a minister of Christ.
JUSTLY, _i.e._ righteously.
THAT BELIEVE. The reason of this addition i...
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HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND UNBLAMEABLY
(ως οσιως κα δικαιως κα αμεμπτως). Paul
calls the Thessalonians and God as witnesses (μαρτυρες) to his
life toward you the believers (υμιν τοις
πιστευουσιν...
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
There are two points to be noted here in this comparison instituted by
Paul between his conduct and that of a father.
I. He could say, as a wise father suits his dealings, both i...
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CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan.
CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have
their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
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VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation
was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing
t...
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YOU ARE OUR WITNESSES. They knew the truth of what Paul was saying....
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10 KINGDOM AND GLORY. At
Jesus’ second coming, Christians will enjoy the full benefits of
God’s kingdom....
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he
said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in
Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionari
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 2:9. LABOUR AND TRAVAIL.—The same words occur
together at 2 Corinthians 11:27. The former is used some twenty times,
the latter only three in the New T...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of
the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless;
although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
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FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was
not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1):
Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica
for he makes reference to...
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1 Peter 5:3; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 1 Timothy 4:12;...
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Holily - justly - unblameably [ο σ ι ω ς - δ ι κ α ι ω ς -
α μ ε μ π τ ω ς]. For dikaiwv holily, see on Luke 1:75; for
dikaiwv justly or righteously, on Romans 1:17; Romans 5:7. Amemptwv
unblameably,...
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THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL
1 Thessalonians 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of
Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...
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Holily — In the things of God. Justly — With regard to men.
Unblamable — In respect of ourselves. Among you that believe — Who
were the constant observers of our behaviour....