Because you were become most dear to us. Literally, desiring you. [3] St. John Chrysostom admires the tender expressions of love in St. Paul. (Witham)
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Desiderantes vos, Greek: imeiromenoi umon. See Legh's Crit. Sacra.
Verse 8. _BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU_] We had such intense love for you that we were not only willing and forward to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ to you, but also to give our _ow...
SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU - The word here rendered “being affectionately desirous” - ὁμειρομενοι homeiromenoi - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It means to “long after, to ha...
II. TRUE SERVICE, AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_ 2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1 Thess...
PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS. Greek. _himeiromai,_ or _homeiromai._ Only here. WILLING. well pleased. UNTO. to. ALSO, &C. = our own lives (App-110.) also. DEAR UNTO. App-185....
_so being affectionately desirous of you_ R. V., EVEN SO. The rare and peculiar Greek verb (one word) rendered "being affectionately desirous" implies the _fondness_of a mother's love YEARNING OVER Y...
section ii The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 _Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
ΟΜΕΙΡΟΜΕΝΟΙ, in all uncials and many minuscc. Theophylact writes, τινες δε ιμειρομενοι ανεγνωσαν, αντι του επιθυμουντες· ουκ εστι δε. WH (see _Appendix_, p. 144) give ομειρομενοι the _smooth_ breathin...
§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at Thessalonica The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
ΌΜΕΙΡΌΜΕΝΟΙ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΌΜΕΊΡΟΜΑΙ (G2442) относиться по-доброму, стремиться к кому-л. Этимология неясна (Lightfoot, Notes; Morris; MH, 251; Richard). Оно употребляется в надписи на н...
DISCOURSE: 2194 THE MINISTERIAL CHARACTER PORTRAYED 1 Thessalonians 2:7. _We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth, her children: so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:8) 8 EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU, WE WERE WELL PLEASED TO IMPART UNTO YOU, NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT ALSO OUR OWN SOULS, BECAUSE YE WERE BECOME VERY DE...
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. SO. 'As a nurse cherisheth, et...
7 What figure could more touchingly convey the apostle's genuine affection for the Thessalonians than that of a nursing mother? How unselfish and gentle and self-sacrificing is her care! The soul is...
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA 2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians 1:30). I...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 2 HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4 V1...
SO means hero _even so,_ confirming the simile, and is not to be taken in the sense of “therefore.” NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY. — The gospel was, as it were, the milk given to the young converts; but...
CHAPTER 5 _ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_ 1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.) OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
ὁμειρόμενοι (_cf._ Job 3:21, LXX; Psalms 62:2, Symm.) = “yearning for, or, over”. εὐδοκ., for absence of augment _cf._ W. H., ii. 161, 162. διότι causal (“for as much as”), almost = γάρ (as in Modern...
An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants of God have s...
It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been w...
THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches the gospel with the ri...
(6) So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. (6) To consider the flock tha...
(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
SO BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU,.... Not of theirs but them; not of glory from them, nor a maintenance by them, but of their spiritual and eternal welfare; were as fond of them as a nursing mo...
So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ver. 8. _So being affectionately...
_But we were gentle_ Mild, tender; _among_ Εν μεσω υμων, _in the midst of, you_ Like a hen surrounded with her young; _even as a nurse_ A mother who suckles her own offspring, as the word τροφος here...
OUR OWN SOULS; our lives: he was so desirous of their salvation, that he was willing not only to labor, but if need be to die to promote it. In their manner of preaching and in their intercourse with...
Paul's unselfish devotion:...
SO BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU, WE WERE WILLING TO HAVE IMPARTED UNTO YOU, NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT ALSO OUR OWN SOULS, BECAUSE YE WERE DEAR UNTO US....
We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12 5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
“EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU, WE WERE WELL PLEASED TO IMPART UNTO YOU, NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT ALSO OUR OWN SOULS, BECAUSE YE WERE BECOME VERY DEAR TO US” “Even so”. “Having...
7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fa...
OLBGrk; A further account of their behaviour among them. The former verse showed their great gentleness, this their great love; expressed, first: In their affectionate desire of them; as the Latin phr...
even so, being affectionately desirous of you [not yours, but you], _we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only_ [as the sincere milk of the Word], _but also_ [as mothers ofte...
1 Thessalonians 2:8 So G3779 longing G2442 (G5734) you G5216 pleased G2106 (G5707) impart G3330 (G5629)
‘Even so being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own inner selves, because you had become very dear to us. For you reme...
1 Thessalonians 2:8. SO, _i.e._ in like manner as the nursing mother. NOT THE GOSPEL OF GOD ONLY, BUT OUR OWN SOULS ALSO. So genuine and cordial was the love of Paul and his companions for the Thessa...
_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while resident among them._ In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
EVEN SO, BEING AFFECTIONATELY DESIROUS OF YOU (ουτως ομειρομενο υμων). Clearly the correct text rather than ιμειρομενο from ιμειρω, old verb to long for. But the verb ομειρομα (Westcott and Hort _om...
1 Thessalonians 2:5 The Apostle is very careful in describing the relation in which his ministry stood to the Thessalonians, to defend himself against all false charges, all insinuations or suspicions...
CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan. CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing t...
WE WERE READY TO SHARE WITH YOU. Love was the motive for all that Paul did. Love made him overcome obstacles to bring them the Good News, and he would have sacrificed his own life to do it (2 Corinthi...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionari
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:7 GENTLE. Acting in a humble way toward the converts. LIKE A NURSING MOTHER. Loving and selfless in their devotion to the converts....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:7. BUT WE WERE GENTLE.—R.V. margin says, “Most ancient authorities read babes.” Origen and Augustine interpret this to mean, “Like a nurse amongst he...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless; although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1): Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica for he makes reference to...
1 John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 12:15; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 6:11;...
Being affectionately desirous [ο μ ε ι ρ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. N. T. o. Once in LXX, Job 3:21. The figure of the nursing mother is continued. She is not satisfied with nursing the child, but interests herself...
THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 1 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...
To impart our own souls — To lay down our lives for your sake....