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Verse 7. _AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED, REST WITH US_] And while they
have _tribulation_, you shall have that eternal _rest_ which remains
for the people of God.
_WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED...
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AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED - That is, “it will be a righteous thing
for God to give to you who are persecuted rest in the last day.” As
it will be right and proper to punish the wicked, so it will he...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Salutation and thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1)_
2. The revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven (2 Thessa...
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Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future.
Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians
and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be
c...
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Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the Church of the
Thessalonians which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Brothers, we ought always to thank God for you, as it is fitting,
b...
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LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
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REST. Greek. _anesis._ See Acts 24:23.
WITH. App-104.
WHEN, &C. = in (Greek. _en)_ the revelation (App-106.) of.
LORD. App-98.
JESUS. App-98.
HEAVEN. Singular. See Matthew 6:9;...
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_rest with us_ St Paul's was a life full of harassment and fatigue,
and the hope of _rest_was sweet to him (note the outburst of Galatians
6:17). Men of an easy untroubled life miss the delight of the...
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Section II. The Approaching Retribution Ch. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12
These _vv._contain further reasons for _thanksgiving_on the writer's
part, concluding with a _prayer_that his readers may receive th...
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ἐν φλογι πυρος is the reading of BDG 47 71, vg cop syr
pesh, hcl txt, Tert; it appears to be a conformation to Isaiah 66:15;
Exodus 3:2 (_Hebrew_): so Acts 7:30, with a _varia lectio_;...
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§ 2. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12. THE APPROACHING JUDGEMENT
The thought of the recompense awaiting the persecuted Thessalonian
Church and its persecutors, respectively, swells the opening
thanksgiving of t...
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DISCOURSE: 2211
CHRIST’S COMING TO JUDGE THE WORLD
2 Thessalonians 1:7. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with
his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know
not God,...
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DISCOURSE: 2210
THE STATE OF THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH
2 Thessalonians 1:3. We are bound to thank God always for you,
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly,
and the charit...
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SEEING IT IS A RIGHTEOUS THING WITH GOD, &C.— _His justice is
equally concerned to afflict those in their turns who have afflicted
you;_ 2 Thessalonians 1:7 _and to grant to you who have been
afflicte...
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TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:6-7)
6 IF SO BE THAT IT IS A RIGHTEOUS THING WITH GOD TO RECOMPENSE
AFFLICTION TO THEM THAT AFFLICT YOU, 7 AND TO YOU THAT ARE AFFLICTED
REST WITH US, AT THE REVELATION OF THE...
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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
REST - governed by "to recompense" (2 Thessalonians 1:6) [ Anesin
(G425), relaxat...
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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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SALUTATIONS. THE SECOND ADVENT
1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and
patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3.
5-C. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17. The Coming of Chri...
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REST] better, 'relief.' The true rest and relief comes to the faithful
when Christ comes....
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THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET
2 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THE LETTER
1 THE WRITERS
Like 1 Thessalonians, this letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy.
The writer of this letter used th...
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REST WITH US. — Why “with us”? It shows sympathy in their
present trials, for it implies that the writers themselves had earned
or were earning (see Acts 18:12) that rest by the like trials. The
word...
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CHAPTER 18
SUFFERING AND GLORY
2 Thessalonians 1:5 (R.V.)
IN the preceding verses of this chapter, as in the opening of the
First Epistle, the Apostle has spoken of the afflictions of the
Thessaloni...
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After noting the principle of recompence (2 Thessalonians 1:5-7 _a_),
Paul proceeds (7 _b_ 10), to dwell on its time and setting, especially
in its punitive aspect. He consoles the Thessalonians by de...
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The address (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2) is followed first by a
thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10) which passes into a prophetic
piece of consolation, and then by a brief prayer (2 T
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FAITHFUL THROUGH FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS GOD
2 Thessalonians 1:1
Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2
Thessalonians 1:2; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain
mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second
Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, the...
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GOD'S COMING JUDGMENT
The very fact that they were able to endure such hardships was a clear
indication that God was with them. It also foreshadowed a day when God
would judge all and punish those who...
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And to you who are troubled rest (4) with us, (5) when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
(4) He strengthens and encourages them also along the way by this
means, th...
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(7) And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, (8) In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey no...
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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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7_When the Lord shall be manifested_. Here we have a confirmation of
the foregoing statement. For as it is one of the articles of our
faith, that Christ will come from heaven, and will not come in vai...
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In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the apostle corrects some
errors into which these disciples had fallen with regard to the day of
the Lord through certain false teachers; as in part of the...
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AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED, REST WITH US,.... This is another branch
of the justice of God, in rendering to them who are afflicted and
persecuted for righteousness sake, "rest"; a relaxation or rest...
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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Ver. 7. _Rest with us_] As Noah's ark, after much tossing, rested
upon the mountain...
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_Seeing it is a righteous thing_ However men may judge of it; _with
God_ To whom _belongeth vengeance_, (Romans 12:19,) and who _will
avenge his elect that cry unto him day and night; to recompense
tr...
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WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED; at the day of judgment....
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PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION.
A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of
afflictions:...
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AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED REST WITH US, WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE
REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS,...
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(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in
the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not
change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
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God is righteous and will judge all men righteously. "To recompense"
means he will pay back with a full and complete payment. God is a God
of mercy and love. He is also a God of justice and wrath. (Ro...
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HIS MIGHTY ANGELS:
_ Gr._ the angels of his power...
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“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 b...
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5-10 Religion, if worth anything, is worth every thing; and those
have no religion, or none worth having, or know not how to value it,
cannot find their hearts to suffer for it. We cannot by all our...
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OLBGrk;
Having spoken of the recompence of the troublers, here of the
TROUBLED: and in this we may observe a parallel, as in the former. The
recompence to these is expressed by REST; in the Greek, dis...
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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,...
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2 Thessalonians 1:7 and G2532 you G5213 troubled G2346 (G5746) rest
G425 with G3326 us G2257 when G1722
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‘And to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the
Lord Jesus from Heaven, with the angels of his power, in flaming fire,
rendering vengeance to those who do not know God, and to thos...
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2 Thessalonians 1:7. BEST. To those suffering persecution no promise
could present greater attraction. ‘Their rest is not the rest of a
stone, cold and lifeless, but of wearied humanity. They rest fro...
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_Salutation Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonian Church
under Persecution, Assurance of Compensation, and Prayer for the
perfecting of their Faith._
Paul informs the Thessalonians of the emo...
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REST WITH US
(ανεσιν μεθ' ημων). Let up, release. Old word from
ανιημ, from troubles here (2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 7:5;
2 Corinthians 8:13), and hereafter as in this verse. Vivid word....
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ANGELS
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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2 Thessalonians 1:7
The rest awaiting Christ's troubled saints is in the fullest sense to
be their possession at the revelation of the Lord Jesus. He who is
emphatically the coming One is to be revea...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1
I. This Epistle opens with the mention of the same Apostolic group as
does the first. Paul was not alone: Silvanus and Timotheus were still
with him in closest fellowship of toil a...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
J...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians_
Paul loved to associate his fellow-workers with himself when writing
to his brethren and sisters in Chri...
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CONTENTS: Believer's comfort in persecution.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy.
CONCLUSION: The patient suffering of believers for Christ's sake, is a
manifest token that they are wor...
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2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus,_ [the Roman name of Silas]
_and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ._ The inscription is the same as in...
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AND HE WILL GIVE RELIEF TO YOU. God will _be just_ in this as well! HE
WILL DO THIS WHEN. See notes on Revelation 14:13; Revelation 22:11-12....
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_Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to
them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled rest with us when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed _
THE TWO TROUBLES AND THE...
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_When the Lord Jesus Christ shall be revealed from heaven--This
passage both consolatory and doctrinal--consolation designed for a
persecuted Church--instruction for the world._
Our subject: the gene...
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7 WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS
REVEALED FROM HEAVEN (see 1 Thessalonians 4:16). Jesus is called
“Lord.” This
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2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:6 God judges fairly. Those
now causing trouble for the Thessalonian Christians will be afflicted.
The believers will get RELIEF at the second coming....
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2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving and Comfort for the Persecuted
Thessalonians. In Greek, vv. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 are one long
sentence expressing Paul’s gratefulness and words of encouragement
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 1:5. WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN—“An
_indication_.” The steadfast and resolute continuance in the
profession and adornment of the Christian faith, in fa...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
2 Thessalonians 1:8. IN FLAMING FIRE.—Lit. “in a fire of flame.”
“Fire is a symbol of divine anger and majesty in Scripture; and
flame is fire in motion, leaping and b...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this
Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had
received of the increase of the faith and love of his...
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Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from
Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been
imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in
Thessalon...
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1 Peter 3:22; 1 Peter 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;...
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Rest [α ν ε σ ι ν]. See on liberty, Acts 24:23. With this
exception only in Paul.
With us. According to Paul's habit of identifying his experience with
that of his Christian readers. See 1 Corinthians...
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That is,"As God will certainly punish your persecutors, so he will ere
long give rest to you his sufferers, together with us who are
companions with you in the same sufferings; you that are troubled
s...