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2 Thessalonians 1:5

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 suffered, furnishes both these objects respectively. Perhaps the word rendered manifest token, may further imply, that the sufferings of good men, and the triumphs of their persecuting enemies, should not only terminate in a display of divine vengeance; but that these seeming irregularities do even now declare, that there shall be such a day of retribution.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

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  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    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 :...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Thessalonians 1:5 evidence G1730 righteous G1342 judgment G2920 God G2316 that G1519 you G5209 worthy G2661 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:6;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A manifest token — This is treated of in 2 Thessalonians 1:6 and following verses....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    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...

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