Fornication. Paul wrote from Corinth, where sensuality in the guise of religion was rife. In Thessalonica, besides the ordinary licentious customs of the Gentiles, immorality was fostered by the Cabeiric worship (see Introduction). About the time of Paul, a political sanction was given to this worship by deifying the Emperor as Cabeirus.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 4:3. _THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD_, EVEN _YOUR SANCTIFICATION_] God has called you to holiness; he requires that you should be holy; for without holiness none can see the Lord. This...
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION - It is the will or command of God that you should be holy. This does not refer to the purpose or decree of God, and does not mean that he intende...
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)...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS TO PURITY OF LIFE AND BROTHERLY LOVE. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1. ABOUND: 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 *....
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you have received instructions from us as to how you must behave to please God, even so you do behave, that you may go on from m...
WILL. App-102. SANCTIFICATION. Greek. _hagiasmos._ See Romans 6:19. ABSTAIN. Greek. _apechomai._ See Acts 15:20....
_For this is the will of God_, even _your sanctification_, &c. The connection will be clearer if we render thus: FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL IT IS YOUR SANCTIFICATION THAT YOU ABSTAIN FROM FORNICATION, &c....
Section V. A Lesson in Christian Morals. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 We now pass from the first to the second of the two main divisions of the Epistle (see _Introd_. Chap. VII.), from _narrative_to _e...
§ 7. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. A Lesson in Christian Morals We pass from the first to the second half of the Letter, from _narration_ to _exhortation_ Chh. 1–3 are complete in themselves, setting forth...
ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓΆΡ ἘΣΤΙΝ ΘΈΛΗΜΑ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, Ὁ ἉΓΙΑΣΜῸΣ ὙΜΩ͂Ν, ἈΠΈΧΕΣΘΑΙ κ.τ.λ. _For this is God’s will—(it is) your sanctification—that you abstain_ &c. The usual construction which makes ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ant...
ΤΟΎΤΟ ΓΆΡ ΈΣΤΙ ΘΈΛΗΜΑ ΤΟΎ ΘΕΟΎ ибо такова воля Божья, ΤΟΎΤΟ должно восприниматься как subj., а ΘΈΛΗΜΑ ΤΟΎ ΘΕΟΎ является praed. _пот._ (Richard; Wanamaker). Артикль перед формой _gen._ опущен из-за вл...
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD,— _For the will of God is, that you should become holy, and abstain from all impurity._ The sense of the original word πορνεια, is very general, and extends to all acts of...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:3) 3 FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, _EVEN_ YOUR SANCTIFICATION, THAT _YE_ ABSTAIN FROM FORNICATION; Translation and Paraphrase 3. For (among other things) this is the will of...
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: FOR - enforcing the assertion, . Since "this is the will of God," let it be your will also. FORNICA...
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...
4:3 will (f-5) The article is not before 'will' in Greek, and the force is much increased thereby. It is not merely the fact that God wills so, but it is a matter of God's will. God is looked at as a...
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...
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...
FOR. — The word further enforces the appeal to their memory: “Ye _know_ what commandments... for _this_ (you will recollect) is what God wants;” “a commandment given through the Lord Jesus,” being, of...
CHAPTER 9 PERSONAL PURITY 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (R.V.) THE "finally" with which this chapter opens is the beginning of the end of the Epistle. The personal matter which has hitherto occupied us was th...
ἁγιασμός (in apposition to τοῦτο, θέλημα without the article being the predicate) = the moral issue of a life related to the Ἅγιος (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians 4:8), viewed here in its special and negative...
CALLED TO SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:1 The first paragraph of this chapter exhorts to purity, the second to industry, the third to expectation of the Second Advent. But the three are closely co...
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...
GOD'S DESIRE FOR MEN TO BE SET APART FOR HIS SERVICE The apostle expressed God's desire for every man be set apart for His service. Paul wrote from Corinth, which may explain why he mentioned fornicat...
(2) For this is the will of God, [even] your (b) sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: (2) This is the sum of those things which he delivered to them, to dedicate themselves wholly...
(1) В¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. (2) For ye...
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...
_GOD’S WILL FOR THE CHRISTIAN_ ‘This is the will of God, even your sanctification.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:3 These nine words have an interest all their own; but taken in their immediate connection, the...
3_For this is the will of God_. This is doctrine of a general nature, from which, as from a fountain, he immediately deduces special admonitions. When he says that _this is the will of God_, he means...
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...
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION,.... Which is another reason to enforce the above exhortation. "Sanctification" is internal or external. Internal sanctification is the work of th...
For this is the will of God, _even_ your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Ver. 3. _For this is the will of God_] This is his prescribing will, which we must obey; as we must s...
_For_ As we solemnly assured you, and charged you to keep continually in remembrance; _this is the will of God, your sanctification_ That, as God hath chosen us from the rest of the world to be a peop...
FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION, THAT YE SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM FORNICATION;...
WARNING REGARDING VARIOUS SINS. Concerning concupiscence:...
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...
IV. Instructions about how to live, 4:1-5:11 A. The problem of sexual immorality, 4:1-8 1 FURTHERMORE THEN WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, AND EXHORT [YOU] BY THE LORD JESUS, THAT AS YE HAVE RECEIVED OF U...
“FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION, THAT YE ABSTAIN FROM FORNICATION” “This is the will of God”: “This is. thing willed of God” (Rhm). God's will can be understood (Ephesians 5:17...
1-8 To abide in the faith of the gospel is not enough, we must abound in the work of faith. The rule according to which all ought to walk and act, is the commandments given by the Lord Jesus Christ....
What in the former verse he called commandments from Christ, he here calls THE WILL OF GOD; or he had some further duties to lay before them, which he had not yet given commandments about, which were...
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV Wherefore he that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given His Holy Spirit to you."[122] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V That we should "a...
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‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication, that each of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour, not in the passi...
_Exhortation to Holiness of Life._ As in all his Epistles Paul at least concludes with a strenuous and full inculcation of moral duties, so here he reiterates to the Thessalonians those precepts and w...
1 Thessalonians 4:3. FOR THIS. The reason why the precepts had been given and were to be kept, was that God desired their sanctification. THE WILL OF GOD. It is this which God desires and intends whe...
YOUR SANCTIFICATION (ο αγιασμος υμων). Found only in the Greek Bible and ecclesiastical writers from αγιαζω and both to take the place of the old words αγιζω, αγισμος with their technical ideas of c...
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...
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...
THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU. Now he gives an example. "Immorality" was the _normal_ way of life in the Gentile world. [Immorality means any sex act outside the marriage relationship: adultery, homosexu...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 THAT YOU ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL IMMORALITY. For former pagans, the lure of sexual sins was strong (see 1 Corinthian
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the seco
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:4. HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL.—R.V. “to possess himself of his own vessel.” With the long list of names in view of those who interpret “vessel” as mea...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:1. AND TO PLEASE GOD, SO YE WOULD ABOUND MORE AND MORE.—R.V. inserts “even as ye do walk after God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:2. WHAT COMMANDMENTS.—R.V. “c...
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,...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Corinthians 6:11;...
SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
Sanctification — Entire holiness of heart and life: particular branches of it are subjoined. That ye abstain from fornication — A beautiful transition from sanctification to a single branch of the con...
THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, EVEN YOUR SANCTIFICATION: that is, this is the will of God, eminently and emphatically revealed in his word, that Christians should be holy and pure, chaste and clean: not ind...