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1 Thessalonians 1:5
For our Gospel came not unto, you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Ghost and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
For our Gospel came not unto, you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Ghost and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1 THESSALONIANS 1:5 h`mw/n {A} The expression “our gospel,” which is solidly based in a diversity of witnesses of every type of textual family, seems to have offended some scribes; ac C preferred “th...
Verse 1 Thessalonians 1:5. _FOR OUR GOSPEL_] That is, the glad tidings of salvation by Jesus Christ, and of your being elected to enjoy all the privileges to which the Jews were called, without being...
FOR OUR GOSPEL CAME NOT UNTO YOU - When first preached; Acts 17:1. Paul speaks of it as “our gospel,” because it was the gospel preached by him and Silas and Timothy; comp 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 2
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS AND ITS BLESSED CONDITION CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Greetings and thanksgiving 1 Thessalonians 1:1)_ 2. The gospel and its blessed fruits 1 Thessalon...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE PAST. As in all his epistles except Gal., Paul commences with a paragraph of congratulation, singling out for special praise the work of faith, the labour of love, and the patienc...
LOVE'S INTRODUCTION (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10) Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and pe...
GOSPEL. App-140. WORD. App-121. ALSO, &C. = in power also. POWER. App-172. HOLY GHOST. Divine power. App-101. ASSURANCE. Greek. _plerophoria._ See Colossians 2:2. WERE. became. AMONG. App-104....
_For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power_ The R. V. reads, HOW THAT OUR GOSPEL, &c.; better perhaps, IN THAT; the difference is slight: in any case the conversion of the Thess...
C reads ΕΥΑΓΓ. του θεου (instead of ΗΜΩΝ); א του θεου ΗΜΩΝ, by conflation: this aberrant variation may be due to the influence of 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:8 f. ACDGKP, &c., influenced by...
§ 2. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonian Church This εὐχαριστία is one long sentence spun out in a continuous thread (cf. Ephesians 1:3-14; and see _Introd._ p. lix.). It affords...
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DISCOURSE: 2291 THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GOSPEL BECOMES EFFECTUAL 1 Thessalonians 1:5. _Our Gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance_. IT...
KNOWING, BRETHREN BELOVED, &C.— This Epistle being, as we have observed, directed principally to converted Gentiles, who were once idolaters, the design of these verses is very evident, if we reflect...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 1:5) 5 HOW THAT OUR GOSPEL CAME NOT UNTO YOU IN WORD ONLY, BUT ALSO IN POWER, AND IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND _IN_ MUCH ASSURANCE; EVEN AS YE KNOW WHAT MANNER OF MEN WE SHOWED OURSE...
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. OUR GOSPEL - the gosp...
PAUL'S THANKSGIVING 2 This is the pattern pastoral epistle. Paul's deep concern leads him to constant prayer for them, for he knows their need and has been torn from them before it was possible for h...
1:5 you (b-8) _ Ginomai eis_ . see Galatians 3:14 . Or 'brought to you.' It is passive, with the preposition, giving the sense of motion up to. 'they were now come.'...
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 const
ASSURANCE] RV mg. 'fulness.' They preached with deep conviction of the truth and power of the message entrusted to them....
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE LETTER 1. THE WRITERS This letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy. From these three, the *apostle Paul was the main author....
“If God had not set His heart upon you, we never could have been as successful among you as we were.” OUR GOSPEL CAME NOT UNTO YOU. — Or rather, _the glad tidings which we brought did not prove among...
CHAPTER 3 THE SIGNS OF ELECTION 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (R.V.) THE Revised Version renders the οτι, with which ver. 5 begins, "how that," the Authorised Version, "for." In the first case, the Apostle is...
ὅτι = “inasmuch as”. τὸ εὐαγγ. ἡμῶν, the gospel of which the apostles, and by which their hearers, were convinced. As the καθὼς clause indicates, πληροφ. must here denote personal conviction and unfal...
_Thanksgiving for the origin and achievements of the church_. 1 Thessalonians 1:2. Whenever Paul was at his prayers, he remembered his friends at Thessalonica; and whenever he recalled them his first...
IMITATORS AND EXAMPLES 1 Thessalonians 1:1 This chapter abounds in thanksgiving; and the Apostle recites the many beautiful and hopeful traits of character and behavior by which the members of this C...
This letter was intended as a message of comfort and instruction to those who were in the midst of persecution. In writing, the apostle associated himself with Silas and Timothy. He commenced by refer...
THANKING GOD FOR THE THESSALONIANS When Paul prayed, he thanked God for all of the brethren at Thessalonica. He knew the persecution that church had endured almost from its beginning, so he may have b...
(3) For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in (b) much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. (3) Another reas...
In power. The sense is, I have preached the gospel to you, not only in words of persuasion, but have proved it by the power of miracles, in much fulness, or in great abundance. I have also taught you...
(4) Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. (5) For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men w...
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...
_THE POWERFUL GOSPEL_ ‘Our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power.’ 1 Thessalonians 1:5 The preaching of St. Paul was exceptionally successful at Thessalonica, and there too the g...
5_As ye know_. Paul, as I have said before, has it as his aim, that the Thessalonians, influenced by the same considerations, may entertain no doubt that they were elected by God. For it had been the...
The apostle, in declaring (as was his custom) that which he felt respecting them the aspect in which they appeared to his heart and mind, speaks neither of gifts, as to the Corinthians, nor of the gra...
FOR OUR GOSPEL CAME NOT UNTO YOU,.... The apostle calls the Gospel "our Gospel", not because he and his fellow ministers were the authors of it; for in this respect it is solely of God, being the prod...
For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. Ver. 5. _For our gospel...
_For our gospel_ The gospel which we preach, and which has been solemnly committed to our charge; _came not unto you in word only_ You not only heard, understood, and assented to it as a revelation fr...
IN POWER, AND IN THE HOLY GHOST, AND IN MUCH ASSURANCE; the last clause of this verse shows that the immediate reference of these words is to the apostle and his associates. Their preaching was in pow...
Only in the two epistles to the Thessalonians does Paul include the names of his two co-workers, Silas and Timothy, in his addressing them. Also only in these does he refrain from designating himself...
B. Their reception of the gospel exemplary, 1:4-7 4 KNOWING, BRETHREN BELOVED, YOUR ELECTION OF GOD. BELOVED...: OR, BELOVED OF GOD, YOUR ELECTION. 5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, b...
II. Review of the history of the Thessalonian church, 1:2-10 A. Their faithfulness, 1:2-3 2 WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU ALL, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN OUR PRAYERS; 3 Remembering without cea...
“how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake”...
1-5 As all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by sinners, but from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected from God, as our Father, for the sake of Christ. We should pray, not...
OLBGrk; The former part of the verse asserts the reasons on which the apostle built the knowledge of their election, which is the manner of the gospel's coming to them. OUR GOSPEL because preached by...
how that our gospel [ours not by right of authorship, but of proclamation] _came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manne...
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‘Knowing, brothers beloved of God, your election, how that our Good News did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and much assurance, even as you know what manner of...
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5. KNOWING YOUR ELECTION, a further reason for his thanksgiving. Paul knew that God had chosen as well as called those to whom he writes. He knows this by the following sign: that...
_Paul thankfully acknowledges the Genuineness and Striking Characteristics of the Conversion of the Thessalonians_ It is merely for convenience' sake the first three Chapter s are divided. They really...
HOW THAT (οτ). It is not certain whether οτ here means "because" (θυια) as in 2 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:27 or declarative οτ "how that," knowing the circumstances of your ele...
1 Thessalonians 1:4 I. The Apostle shows in these verses on what grounds his knowledge rested his conviction of the Thessalonians' election the fact and mode of their being chosen for privilege and du...
1 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father...
CONTENTS: The model church. Three tenses of the Christian life. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy. CONCLUSION: Those who have embraced the full Gospel, as proclaimed by t...
1 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul and Silvanus._ The latter is so denominated in other passages of scripture, that being the name by which he was known to the gentiles. 2 Corinthians 1:19; 2 Thessalonians 1:...
NOT WITH WORDS ONLY. Note that the "power" refers to the ones who brought the Good News. The reasons why they are "chosen" are: (1) the power and conviction with which Paul, Silas, and Timothy brought...
_Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God _ ELECTION I. The election “of God” is not connected with “knowing” nor “election.” The meaning is that the Church was “beloved” of God, not merely of...
_For our gospel came not unto you in word only -_ THE COMING OF THE GOSPEL AND ITS EFFECTS I. The manner in which the gospel should come to a people. 1. In word. (1) In the word written. It is of...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5 BECAUSE. Paul bases his confidence that the Thessalonians are elect on two things: the authenticity and authority of those preaching the gospel to them (v....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 1:2 Thanksgiving and Encouragement. It is typical for Paul to include a word of thanksgiving near the beginning of his letters ...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 1:5. OUR GOSPEL.—The good news which we proclaimed; so when St. Paul in Romans 2:16 calls it “_my_ gospel.” IN WORD … IN POWER.—The antithesis is somet...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, testifies that he renders constant thanks to God for the Thessalonians, calling to remembrance their faith, love, and hope, being assured o...
Let's turn to first Thessalonians. Paul, the apostle, on his second missionary journey had taken Silas with him, who was commended by the church in Jerusalem as one of the leaders. When they got to De...
1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Corinthians 2:2;...
For [ο τ ι]. Incorrect. Rend. how that. It is explanatory of your election. For similar usage see 1 Corinthians 1:26. Our gospel. The gospel as preached by Paul and his colleagues. Comp. Romans 2:16;...
THE MODEL CHURCH 1 Thessalonians 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS On this earth we may expect to find no church model in all things. Even the Twelve had a traitor, and yet they were nourished and taught by t...
With power — Piercing the very heart with a sense of sin and deeply convincing you of your want of a Saviour from guilt, misery, and eternal ruin. With the Holy Ghost — Bearing an outward testimony, b...