1 Thessalonians 3:1
WHEREFORE, WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE;... [ Continue Reading ]
VARIOUS PROOFS OF PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE THESSALONIANS He sent Timothy to them as his representative:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SENT TIMOTHEUS, OUR BROTHER AND MINISTER OF GOD AND OUR FELLOW-LABORER IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, TO ESTABLISH YOU AND TO COMFORT YOU CONCERNING YOUR FAITH,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT WE ARE APPOINTED THERE UNTO.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR VERILY, WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, WE TOLD YOU BEFORE THAT WE SHOULD SUFFER TRIBULATION; EVEN AS IT CAME TO PASS AND YE KNOW. Paul had protested his love for the Thessalonian Christians in the strongest terms, stating also that he had tried time and again to visit them, but had been prevented from c... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THIS CAUSE, WHEN I COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, I SENT TO KNOW YOUR FAITH, LEST BY SOME MEANS THE TEMPTER HAVE TEMPTED YOU, AND OUR LABOR BE IN VAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
The effect upon the apostle of Timothy's encouraging report:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW, WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND CHARITY, AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS, DESIRING GREATLY TO SEE US, AS WE ALSO TO SEE YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, WE WERE COMFORTED OVER YOU IN ALL OUR AFFLICTION AND DISTRESS BY YOUR FAITH;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NOW WE LIVE, IF YE STAND FAST IN THE LORD. The apostle here resumes the thought of 1 Thessalonians 3:1, referring again to his constant anxiety in their behalf: On this account I also, when I could no longer bear it, sent to find out about your faith, whether perhaps the Tempter had tempted you... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHAT THANKS CAN WE RENDER TO GOD AGAIN FOR YOU, FOR ALL THE JOY WHEREWITH WE JOY FOR YOUR SAKES BEFORE OUR GOD,... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostle prays for their further establishment in faith and love:... [ Continue Reading ]
NIGHT AND DAY PRAYING EXCEEDINGLY THAT WE MIGHT SEE YOUR FACE, AND MIGHT PERFECT THAT WHICH IS LACKING IN YOUR FAITH?... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD MAKE YOU TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE ONE TOWARD ANOTHER AND TOWARD ALL MEN, EVEN AS WE DO TOWARD YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
TO THE END HE MAY ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS UNBLAMABLE IN HOLINESS BEFORE GOD, EVEN OUR FATHER, AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WITH ALL HIS SAINTS. Paul here rises to an enthusiasm bordering on ecstasy. The high satisfaction and peculiar joy which he felt are strongly shown in the language which... [ Continue Reading ]