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Verse 14. _YE - BECAME FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD_] There is
not a word here of the _Church of Rome_ being the _model_ after which
the other Churches were to be formed; it had no such pre-emine...
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FOR YE, BRETHREN, BECAME FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH IN
JUDEA ARE IN CHRIST JESUS - Which are united to the Lord Jesus, or
which are founded on his truth: that is, which are true churches....
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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 AND THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH. The next two paragraphs describe
(_a)_ the effect of Paul's preaching at Thessalonica, (_b)_ his
anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church under stress of
persecu...
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PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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And for this, too, we thank God, that when you received the word of
God which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men,
but--as in truth it is--as the word of God, who also works in...
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FOLLOWERS. See 1 Thessalonians 1:6.
CHURCHES. App-186.
CHRIST JESUS. App-98.
HAVE. Omit.
LIKE. the same
COUNTRYMEN. Greek. _sumphuletes._ Only here.
THEY. they also....
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_For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in
Judea are in Christ Jesus Followers_should be IMITATORS (R. V.), just
as in ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:6: imitators of the apostles and o...
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section iii
Jewish Persecutors of the Church. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16
This short paragraph is of peculiar interest. The Apostle was at the
time exposed in his Gentile mission to the bitterest pe...
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§ 4. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16. Fellowship in Persecution with the
Judæan Churches
The rich fruits of the Gospel in the Thessalonian Church, for which
the writers thank God (§ 2), led them to dwell, in...
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A and a few minn. write the Attic ταὐτὰ for ΤΑ ΑΥΤΑ.
G reads απο twice, D* in the first instance, instead of ΥΠΟ.
14. The effective power of the readers’ faith in God’s word was
shown in that which...
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ΜΙΜΗΤΑΊ (G3402) подражатель (_см._ 1 Thessalonians
1:6).
ΈΓΕΝΉΘΗΤΕ _aor. pass. (dep.) ind. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ
(G1096) становиться (_см._ 1 Thessalonians 2:5).
ΟΎΣΏΝ praes. act. pa
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_1 THESSALONIANS 2:14_.— Having before commended them for their
ready and cheerful reception of the gospel, and hinted at their
resolution in suffering for the cause, he goes on to commend them for
th...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:14)
14 FOR YE, BRETHREN, BECAME IMITATORS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH ARE
IN JUDAEA IN CHRIST JESUS: FOR YE ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME THINGS OF
YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN, EVEN AS THEY...
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For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in
Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of
your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
FOR. Div...
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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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The (Gentile) Thessalonian Church had suffered much at the hands of
their fellow-countrymen, just as the Jewish Church had suffered from
the unbelieving Jews. Here was a bond of union and sympathy bet...
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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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FOR YE. — “The effectual power of this word upon you is shown in
your joining the Church in spite of such difficulties.”
FOLLOWERS. — Better, _imitators._ The churches of Judæa are
probably selected f...
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CHAPTER 6
IMPEACHMENT OF THE JEWS
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (R.V.)
THESE verses complete the treatment of the subject with which this
chapter opens. The Apostle has drawn a moving picture of his life and...
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_Further thanksgiving for their endurance of trial_....
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μιμηταί, and soon helpers (Romans 15:26). The fact that they
were exposed to persecution, and bore it manfully, proved that the
gospel was a power in their lives, and also that they were in the
legiti...
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THE APOSTLE'S GLORY AND JOY
1 Thessalonians 2:13
The Christian worker always should wait on God till he gets the word
of the message. There is an essential difference between delivering a
sermon or a...
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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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THE BRETHREN AND THE JEWS--TWO RESPONSES TO THE GOSPEL
There were those unbelievers at Thessalonica who had not been
receptive to the truth (Acts 17:11). This may have made Paul even more
thankful for...
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(12) For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which
in Judaea are in (g) Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like
things of your own (h) countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jew...
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(13) В¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it
not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,...
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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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14_For ye became imitators_. If you are inclined to restrict this to
the clause in immediate connection with it, the meaning will be, that
the power of God, or of his word, shews itself in their patie...
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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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FOR YE, BRETHREN, BECAME FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD,.... As of
the Lord and of the apostle, 1 Thessalonians 1:6 so of the churches of
God that were before them, who were gathered out of the worl...
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For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in
Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of
your own countrymen, even as they _have_ of the Jews:
Ver. 14....
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_For this cause_ Or, on this account also; _thank we God without
ceasing_ See on 1 Thessalonians 1:2; that is, we not only thank him
that we have been enabled to conduct ourselves, and to discharge ou...
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FOR YE, BRETHREN, BECAME FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH IN
JUDEA ARE IN CHRIST JESUS; FOR YE ALSO HAVE SUFFERED LIKE THINGS OF
YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN, EVEN AS THEY HAVE OF THE JEWS;...
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THE MANNER IN WHICH THE THESSALONIANS RECEIVED THE GOSPEL
They accepted the Gospel and bore its burdens:...
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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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C. The preaching was the Word of God, 2:13-16
13 FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD WITHOUT CEASING, BECAUSE, WHEN YE
RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD WHICH YE HEARD OF US, YE RECEIVED [IT] NOT
[AS] THE WORD O...
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“FOR YE, BRETHREN, BECAME IMITATORS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH ARE
IN JUDAEA IN CHRIST JESUS: FOR YE ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME THINGS OF
YOUR OWN COUNTRYMEN, EVEN AS THEY DID OF THE JEWS”
“For”: The c...
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13-16 We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to
its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail
and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish,...
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This proves the assertion of the foregoing verse, as the illative
_for_ doth show. They were FOLLOWERS OF THE CHURCHES IN JUDEA, which
showed the word wrought in them effectually. Though the greatest...
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For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in
Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your
own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews [their countrym...
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A Letter from Origen to Africanus
And Paul, in the first Epistle to the Thessalonians, testifies this
concerning the Jews: "For ye, brethren, became followers of the
Churches of Cod which in Judea ar...
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1 Thessalonians 2:14 For G1063 you G5210 brethren G80 became G1096
(G5675) imitators G3402 churches G1577 God...
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‘For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of
God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, for you also suffered the same
things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews,...
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IMITATORS OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH ARE IN JUDEA
(μιμητα των εκκλησιων του θεου των
ουσων εν τη Ιουδαια). On μιμητα see on 1
Thessalonians 1:5. "This passage, implying an affectionate admiration...
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
I. In this passage the Apostle states the evidence of the effectual
working of the word in the Thessalonian converts. The change it had
wrought in them was genuine, for it withsto...
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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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HAD THE SAME THINGS HAPPEN TO YOU. They "imitated" the Judean
Christians by experiencing the same kind of persecutions. An element
of "unbelieving Jews" began persecuting the church at Thessalonica an...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:14 The Judean churches
were the mother churches of all those established by Paul. They
established a standard by which all other churches might measure
themse...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 2:14. BECAME FOLLOWERS.—R.V. “imitators.” The
usual meaning of imitators hardly seems to obtain in full strength
here. We cannot think the Thessalonian...
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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 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 3:4; 2
Corinthians 8:1;...
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In Christ Jesus. Seems to be added to distinguish the Christian
churches in Judaea from the synagogues of the Jews, which would claim
to be churches of God. Comp. Galatians 1:22, and see on ch. 1
Thes...
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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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Ye suffered the same things — The same fruit, the same afflictions,
and the same experience, at all times, and in all places, are an
excellent criterion of evangelical truth. As they from the Jews —
T...