SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING 1. Salutation. For Silvanus (Silas) see Acts 15:22; Acts 16:20; Acts 16:37; Acts 16:38. Timothy was one of St. Paul's most constant companions (Acts 16:1; Romans 16:21; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 1:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
Better, 'Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, how that,' etc. 'Election,' i.e. to Christian and Church privileges (2 Timothy 2:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSURANCE] RV mg. 'fulness.' They preached with deep conviction of the truth and power of the message entrusted to them.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFFLICTION] referring to the persecution and suffering recorded in Acts 17:10. JOY OF] i.e. joy inspired by the Holy Ghost.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MACEDONIA] of which Thessalonica was the capital. AND ACHAIA] of which Corinth, where the Apostle was, was capital. ACHAIA, the Roman province (= Greece).... [ Continue Reading ]
TO SPEAK ANYTHING] i.e. to recount their faith.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY THEMSELVES] i.e. the dwellers in all the places the Apostle and his companions had visited or heard from. THE LIVING AND TRUE GOD] better, '_a_ living and true God.' The Thessalonian converts had, as a rule, been heathens, though some were proselytes (i.e. Jews by religion), Acts 17:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WAIT] to look for the Second Coming. JESUS, WHICH DELIVERED US FROM THE WRATH TO COME] better, 'delivereth us from the wrath which is approaching.'... [ Continue Reading ]