A manifest token; your "patience and faith," namely, "in all your persecutions and tribulations," endured for Christ's sake, make it manifest that a righteous judgment is coming when God will graciously reward you and punish your foes.
That ye may be counted worthy; these words express the end and issue to which the righteous judgment of God looks, in the case of those who have steadfastly suffered for Christ's sake.
Verse 5. _A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS JUDGEMENT OF_ _GOD_] The persecutions and tribulations which you endure, are a manifest proof that God has judged righteously in calling you Gentiles i...
WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD - The word “which” is supplied by our translators, and there may be some doubt to what the apostle has reference as being “a manifest token o...
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...
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...
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...
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
MANIFEST TOKEN. Greek. _endeigma._ Only here. RIGHTEOUS. App-191. JUDGMENT. App-177. Compare Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:28. THAT YE MAY BE. to (Greek. _eis)_ your being. COUNTED WORTHY. See...
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...
which is _a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God_ Better, without the connecting words of the English version, A TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENT OF GOD. The heroic faith of the Thessalon...
ἜΝΔΕΙΓΜΑ ΤΗ͂Σ ΔΙΚΑΊΑΣ ΚΡΊΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂, _a plain token of the righteous judgement of God_. Ἔνδειγμα, not _exemplum_, as in the Vulg.—this renders παράδειγμα; but _indicium_ (Beza), or better still,...
§ 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...
ΈΝΔΕΙΓΜΑ (G1730) свидетельство, доказательство, средство, с помощью которого человек узнает о подлинности факта (LN, 1:341). У Иосифа Флавия это слово используется в _знач._ обвинение, указание или до...
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...
WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN— The exercise of God's justice has a double object; respecting good men for their purification, and respecting bad men for their punishment. Persecution inflicted and suffere...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:5) 5 _WHICH IS_ A MANIFEST TAKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; TO THE END THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER; Translation and P...
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: WHICH. Your enduring tribulations is a 'token of the (futu...
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...
A MANIFEST TOKEN] The words refer to their sufferings and their patience. If God is righteous there must come a time when wrongs such as theirs shall be righted, and patience like theirs be rewarded....
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...
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...
WHICH IS... — In the fervid eloquence of the original these connecting words are omitted, and the clause added in a kind of apposition to the words “in all your persecutions;” the effect is the same a...
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...
ἔνδειγμα, in apposition to the general thought of the preceding clause; it does not matter to the sense whether the word is taken as an elliptic nominative or an appositional accusative. “All this is...
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
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
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...
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...
(2) [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: (2) He shows the source of all true comfort, that is,...
For an example of the just judgment of God. That is, that the persecutions and troubles you suffer in this world shew the justice of God in punishing men for their sins, even in this life, so that by...
(3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; (4) So that we o...
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...
5_A demonstration of the righteous judgment of God_. Without mentioning the exposition given by others, I am of opinion that the true meaning is this — that the injuries and persecutions which innocen...
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...
WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD,.... That is, according as some think, that God should glorify those that are persecuted, and punish their persecutors: this sense indeed may...
_Which is_ a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Ver. 5. _Which is a manifest token_] ενδειγμα, _indigitati...
_We are bound to thank God_ It is highly observable that the apostle here wraps up his praise of men in praise to God, giving him the glory of the increase of grace which was manifest in the Thessalon...
WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER;...
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of afflictions:...
(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...
Paul often begins his letters by expressing gratitude for the faith of those to whom the epistle is addressed. Their faith was growing exceedingly. They showed love for each other. 4. Paul rejoices i...
“WHICH IS. MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; TO THE END THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER” “Which is”: “We come now to the main point of. The...
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...
OLBGrk; These words seem to follow by way of argument, to comfort these Thessalonians under their sufferings: 1. By what they MANIFEST, viz. THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD; they are a plain indication...
which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer :...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 evidence G1730 righteous G1342 judgment G2920 God G2316 that G1519 you G5209 worthy G2661 ...
‘So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure, a manifest token of the righteous judg...
_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...
2 Thessalonians 1:5. A TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD. The just judgment of God here referred to is that future and final allotment of rewards and punishments which is to take place at the sec...
A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD (ενδειγμα της δικαιας κρισεως του θεου). Old word from ενδεικνυμ, to point out, result reached (-μα), a thing proved. It is either in the accusative...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WE MUST THANK GOD AT ALL TIMES FOR YOU. In 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Paul says he spoke to God _day and night_ about them. Here he shows that his prayers were answered. Paul's messenger had come back wi...
_Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God _ PERSECUTIONS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE JUDGMENT I. State the point. 1. It concerns us to be fully persuaded of the truth of a future judgm...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:5 The Thessalonians’ endurance and faith under persecution show EVIDENCE OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD. God is giving them the grace to endure. He is clear...
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
_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...
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...
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...
1 Peter 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:6;...
A manifest token [ε ν δ ε ι γ μ α]. N. T. o. Comp. endeixiv, Philippians 1:28. The token is the patience and faith with which they endure persecution and tribulation. It is a token of the righteous ju...
A manifest token — This is treated of in 2 Thessalonians 1:6 and following verses....
As if he had said, " Which tribulations and persecutions, or which patience under your present persecutons, is. sign and token, yea, and evidence and manifestation, that God, the righteous judge, will...