_Furthermore_ Το λοιπον, _as for what remains to be said_, in subserviency to the important end of your being presented before God in the final judgment, perfected in holiness; _we beseech you, by the Lord Jesus_ By his authority, in his name, and for his sake; _that as ye have received of us_ While... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 people dedicated to his honour and service, we should not pollute ourselves with those abominations whic... [ Continue Reading ]
_As touching brotherly love_ That peculiar affection which one disciple of Christ owes to another; _ye need not_ so much _that I_ should _write unto you; for ye yourselves_ Independent of any teaching of mine; _are taught of God_ By his Spirit; _to love one another_ In an especial manner, even _with... [ Continue Reading ]
_I would not have you ignorant, brethren_ The apostle had intimated, (1 Thessalonians 3:10,) that he desired to make them another visit at Thessalonica, in order _to perfect that which was lacking in their faith._ Perhaps what he now proceeds to say was part of what he wanted to teach them, as not h... [ Continue Reading ]
_For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again_ Namely, 1st, In attestation of the truth of his doctrine, in which he taught expressly the immortality of the soul, Matthew 10:28; Luke 23:43; and the resurrection of the body, John 5:28. 2d, For the expiation of sin, and the procuring of justificat... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 precisely what God revealed to him, and consequently that there can be no room for any such interpretation... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord himself_ The Lord Christ, arrayed in all his own glory, and in that of his Father; _shall descend from heaven_ “This expression does not imply that the Lord Jesus will fix his tribunal on the earth; but that he will descend so as to fix his seat in the air, at such distance from the earth... [ Continue Reading ]