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Verse 15. _THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD_] This I
have, by _express revelation_, from the Lord: what he now delivers, he
gives as coming immediately from the Spirit of God. Indeed, hum...
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FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD - By the command or
inspired teaching of the Lord. Prof. Bush (_Anastasis_, p. 265)
supposes that the apostle here alludes to what the Saviour says in...
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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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THE CONDITION OF THE DEAD. This paragraph is written to allay a
misgiving which had arisen among the Thessalonian Christians that
certain of their friends who had died would be deprived of their share...
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THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
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We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are
asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do
because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and...
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THE. Omit.
WORD. App-121.
REMAIN. Greek. _perileipomai._ Only here and 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Is
this subsequent to Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:11 ?
COMING. Com
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_For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord_ Lit., IN A WORD OF
THE LORD, in the character of a message coming from "the mouth of the
Lord;" comp. 1 Corinthians 7:10, "I give charge, not I, but...
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Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus
Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11
This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1
Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
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15. For (ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΝ) ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ B has του
Ιησου (? taken up from 1 Thessalonians 4:14); Marcion (apud
Tert5, 15), _Christi_.
15. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΛΈΓΟΜΕΝ ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ
ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. _For this we say to you, i...
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§ 8. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Concerning them that fall asleep
Thessalonian faith had its “deficiencies” on the doctrinal as well
as the practical side (see note introductory to last section). In
rega...
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DISCOURSE: 2202
THE RESURRECTION
1 Thessalonians 4:13. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope. For, if w...
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THAT WE WHICH ARE ALIVE, &C.— Because here and elsewhere St. Paul
speaks in the _first person plural,_ and thereby seems to join himself
with those who should be alive at Christ's second coming, when...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:15)
15 FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE THAT ARE
ALIVE, THAT ARE LEFT UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD, SHALL IN NO WISE
PRECEDE THEM THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEE...
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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep.
BY ('IN') THE WORD OF THE LORD - i:e., in v...
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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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PREVENT] better, 'be before,' i.e. the dead, about whom you are
anxious, will be at no disadvantage at the Advent, so far as its
blessedness is concerned....
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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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BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. — Literally, _in._ A most direct claim to
plenary inspiration (see references). It does not mean “According to
certain words which Christ spoke,” nor yet “_By means_ of a
reve...
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CHAPTER 11
THE DEAD IN CHRIST
1 Thessalonians 4:13 (R.V.)
THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to
neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectations of
Chr...
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περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων....
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κυρίου. On the tendency of the N.T. writers to reserve
κύριος, with its O.T. predicates of divine authority, for Jesus,
_cf._ Kattenbusch, _op. cit._, ii. 522. Paul's use of the term goes
back to Chri...
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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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CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS PROOF GOD CAN RAISE THE DEAD
Belief in Christ's resurrection from the dead is central to the
Christian's faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20). If
Jesus had not...
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(13) For this we say unto you by the (f) word of the Lord, that (g) we
which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep.
(13) The manner of the resurrec...
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With commandment. [3] God's command will in a moment raise and bring
all to judgment. --- And the dead, who are in Christ, in the grace of
Christ, shall rise first, not as to time, but in dignity. (Wi...
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(13) В¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
agai...
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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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15_For this we say unto you_. He now briefly explains the manner in
which believers will be raised up from death. Now, as he speaks of a
thing that is very great, and is incredible to the human mind,...
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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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FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... The apostle
having something new and extraordinary to deliver, concerning the
coming of Christ, the first resurrection, or the resurrection of the...
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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive _and_ remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep.
Ver. 15. _By the word of the Lord_] Or, in...
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_For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord_ By a particular
revelation from him. No words, as Dr. Doddridge observes, can more
plainly assert that, in what follows, the apostle declares precise...
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WHICH ARE ALIVE; when the Lord shall come to judgment.
SHALL NOT PREVENT; not go before, or rise to meet the Lord before
those do who are dead....
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FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHICH ARE
ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL NOT PREVENT THEM
WHICH ARE ASLEEP....
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD....
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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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C. The problem about those who had died, 4:13-18
13 BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING THEM
WHICH ARE ASLEEP, THAT YE SORROW NOT, EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO
HOPE.
14 Fo...
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“FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE THAT ARE
ALIVE, THAT ARE LEFT UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD, SHALL IN NO WISE
PRECEDE THEM THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP”
“By the word of the Lord”:...
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13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die
in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for
our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity doe...
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The apostle here sets down particularly the manner of the Lord's
coming, the method and order how all the saints shall then meet with
him and with one another, which we find not so distinctly in any o...
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For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are
alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise
precede them that are fallen asleep. [The facts here set forth wer...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
He says that those who "remain unto the coming of Christ," along with
"the dead in Christ, shall rise first," being "caught up in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the...
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1 Thessalonians 4:15 For G1063 this G5124 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213
by G1722 word G3056 Lord G2962
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THE COMING OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13).
Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will
not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His coming,...
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‘For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are
alive and are left to the Parousia of the Lord, will in no way precede
those who are asleep.'
Paul assures the Thessalonians that ther...
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_Comfort for the Bereaved concerning the Prospects of the Departed._
Paul had preached to the Thessalonians the doctrine of the Second
Coming of Christ, and they had apparently taken up the impression...
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1 Thessalonians 4:15. BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. The account of the
Lord's Second Advent which follows is one of those revelations which
human reasoning could not even help the apostle to predict. It mu...
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BY THE WORD OF THE LORD
(εν λογω Κυριου). We do not know to what word of the Lord
Jesus Paul refers, probably Paul meaning only the point in the
teaching of Christ rather than a quotation. He may be...
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1 Thessalonians 4:13
The Apostle now turns to speak of Christian hope. It is a transition
to a new and all-important theme the hope of the Christian in regard
to the saints at the second coming of the...
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1 Thessalonians 4:13. _But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope._
You cannot help sorrowing, for you...
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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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THIS IS THE LORD'S TEACHING. He shows the authority of what he is
saying. WILL NOT GO AHEAD OF. Those who are living when our Lord Comes
will not go into his presence before the dead are raised. [We a...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:15 WE WHO ARE ALIVE does
not mean Paul believed that he would be alive at the second coming. It
means all Christians should be prepared for Christ to return d...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 Paul answers the
Thessalonians’ questions about Christians who die before Jesus
returns.
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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 4:15. WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF
THE LORD.—“We must recognise that Paul here includes himself,
along with the Thessalonians, amon...
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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 15:51; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:17; 1 Kings 13:18;...
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By the word of the Lord [ε ν λ ο γ ω κ υ ρ ι ο υ]. Or in
the word. Logov of a concrete saying, Romans 9:9; Romans 13:9. We do
not say this on our own authority. Comp. 1 Corinthians 7:10;...
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By the word of the Lord — By a particular revelation. We who are
left — This intimates the fewness of those who will be then alive,
compared to the multitude of the dead. Believers of all ages and
nat...
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Did Paul teach that he would be alive when Christ returned?
PROBLEM: Paul spoke here to the Thessalonian Christians of “wewho
are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord.” This seems to
imply t...
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In this verse St. Paul obviates an objection: Some might say, that the
saints found alive at the last day might be sooner happy than the dead
saints; no, says the apostle, they that are alive, shall n...