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1 Thessalonians 2:4
but as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
but as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:4. _BUT AS WE WERE ALLOWED OF GOD_] καθως δεδοκιμασμεθα. _As we were accounted worthy_ to be put in trust-as God put confidence in us, and sent us on his most especial message...
BUT AS WE WERE ALLOWED OF GOD TO BE PUT IN TRUST WITH THE GOSPEL - Compare 1 Timothy 1:11. Since there had been committed to us an office so high and holy, and so much demanding sincerity, fidelity, a...
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)...
ALLOWED. tested, and so approved. Greek. _dokimazo._ Same as "trieth", and as "prove" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). BE PUT IN TRUST WITH. App-150. PLEASING MEN. Compare Galatians 1:1; Galatians
_but as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak_ Again the A.V. misses the force of the Greek perfect: better, AS WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY GOD TO BE ENTRUSTED. "All...
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...
§ 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...
4. τῳ prefixed to ΘΕΩΙ ΤΩΙ ΔΟΚΙΜΑΖΟΝΤΙ by אCADCGKL (Syrian witnesses), against א*BCD*P 67** (Pre-Syrian): the first τῳ due to the presence of the second. Cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 for anarthrous θεῳ in...
ΚΑΘΏΣ (G2531) Это слово следует воспринимать вместе с ΟΎΤΩΣ (G3779) в _знач._ "подобно тому, как... также" ΔΕΔΟΚΙΜΆΣΜΕΘΑ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΩ (G1381) доказывать, одобрять после рассмотрения....
BUT, AS WE WERE ALLOWED, &C.— _But as we have been approved of God to be intrusted,_ &c....
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:4) 4 BUT EVEN AS WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED OF GOD TO BE INTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL, SO WE SPEAK; NOT AS PLEASING MEN, BUT GOD WHO PROVETH OUR HEARTS. Translation and Paraphrase 4...
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. AS - even as: marking the measure existing between their...
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...
ALLOWED] better, 'approved.'...
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...
WERE ALLOWED. — Rather, _have been,_ and in 1 Thessalonians 2:3 _is,_ not “was.” St. Paul is arguing from his habitual practice. “But we speak after the manner of men who remember that God Himself has...
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...
An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
“As God, who tests our hearts, has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel,” a characteristic play on the word. The definite commission of the gospel excluded any weak attempt to flatter...
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...
MOTIVES BEHIND PAUL'S PREACHING In a city filled with idol worship, the presentation of a religious message without trickery being used for personal gain would surely impress the hearers. Also, Paul...
(4) But as we were (c) allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which (d) trieth our hearts. (4) To approve his conscience to God, being free...
As we were approved of and chosen by God to announce his gospel, we have tried to correspond with his designs; and we speak in a spirit of disinterestedness, not to please men, but God. Being chosen b...
(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...
4_As we have been approved_. He goes even a step higher, for he appeals to God as the Author of his apostleship, and he reasons in this manner: “God, when he assigned me this office, bore witness to m...
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...
BUT AS WE WERE ALLOWED OF GOD,.... Or, "approved of God"; not that there were any previous fitness and worthiness in them to be ministers of the word; but such was the good will and pleasure of God, t...
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. Ver. 4. _But as we were allowed_] Enabled and counted faithf...
_For our exhortation_ That is, our preaching, a part being put for the whole; _was not of deceit_ With a design to seduce or corrupt any one by false doctrine; or, we preach not a lie, but the truth o...
ALLOWED OF GOD; approved of God, as the original means....
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...
III. The relationship of the writers to the church, 2:1-3:13 A. Proper motive in preaching, 2:1-4 1 FOR YOURSELVES, BRETHREN, KNOW OUR ENTRANCE IN UNTO YOU, THAT IT WAS NOT IN VAIN: 2 But even afte...
“BUT EVEN AS WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED OF GOD TO BE INTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL, SO WE SPEAK; NOT AS PLEASING MEN, BUT GOD WHO PROVETH OUR HEARTS” “But”: In contrast to unworthy motives and methods. “APPRO...
1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with conte...
OLBGrk; BUT AS WE WERE ALLOWED OF GOD TO BE PUT IN TRUST WITH THE GOSPEL: this verse gives the reasons of what the apostle spake in the former about his sincerity. The one is taken from his trust; God...
but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts. [Instead of preaching the old falsehoods which had so long p...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII "as not pleasing man, but God."[104]...
1 Thessalonians 2:4 But G235 as G2531 approved G1381 (G5769) by G5259 God G2316 entrusted G4100 (G5683)
‘For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile, but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who prove...
_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...
1 Thessalonians 2:4. APPROVED BY GOD. This expression indicates a selection on the part of God of men suitable for the work which He designed to do. Paul was chosen to be an apostle, because of a natu...
BUT EVEN AS WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY GOD (αλλα καθως δεδοκιμασμεθα υπο του θεου). Perfect passive indicative of δοκιμαζω, old verb to put to the test, but here the tense for completed state means t...
1 Thessalonians 2:1 I. In view of what he had already undergone, and in anticipation of renewed suffering, St. Paul was "bold" in declaring in Thessalonica the whole counsel of God, keeping nothing ba...
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 ALWAYS SPEAK AS GOD WANTS US TO. They were carrying out a mission for God. He would judge their motives. Therefore, they did not make any attempt to please men....
_For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile _ EXHORTATION The whole gospel preaching and message is so called, as permeated by, and living in, an atmosphere of gentle, s...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:3 The missionaries did not have a faulty message, impure motives, or questionable methods. They preached the gospel as those APPROVED BY GOD and as those comm...
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
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:3. FOR OUR EXHORTATION.—The word reminds us of Christ’s word, “I will send you another Advocate”—“Paraclete.” Our advocacy of the gospel of Christ wa...
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 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 2:4; 1 Corinthians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 4:1;...
We were allowed [δ ε δ ο κ ι μ α σ μ ε θ α]. More correctly, approved. See on 1 Peter 1:7. We came and spoke to you as tested men. Pleasing [α ρ ε σ κ ο ν τ ε ς]. As being those who seek to please. Co...
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...