CHAPTER 7
ABSENCE AND LONGING
1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.)
THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the
Jews to the gospel, and in the verses before us turns to his own
relations to the Thessalonians. He had been compelled to leave their
city against... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 8
LOVE AND PRAYERS
1 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.)
THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They
illustrate the remark of Bengel that the First Epistle to the
Thessalonians is characterised by a kind of unmixed sweetness, -a
quality which is insipid to those who are indiff... [ Continue Reading ]