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1 Thessalonians 3:2
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,
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,
1 THESSALONIANS 3:2 kai. sunergo.n tou/ qeou/ evn tw|/ euvaggeli,w| tou/ Cristou/ {B} Amid the variety of readings, the chief textual questions are whether sunergo,n or dia,konon should be read, and...
Verse 1 Thessalonians 3:2. _TIMOTHEUS, OUR BROTHER_] It appears that Timothy was but a youth when converted to God; he had now however been some years in the work of God; Paul therefore calls him his...
AND SENT TIMOTHEUS - That is, evidently, he sent him from Athens - for this is the fair construction of the passage. But in the history Acts 17 there is no mention that Timothy came to Athens at all,...
III. AFFLICTIONS AND COMFORT CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Timotheus, Paul's messenger 1 Thessalonians 3:1)_ 2. His return with good tidings and the apostle's comfort and joy 1 Thessalonians 3:6) 3. This earnest...
THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY TO THESSALONICA. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon him b...
THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
So, when we could not stand it any longer, we made up our minds to be left all alone in Athens, and we sent Timothy our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen you and enco...
SENT. App-174. MINISTER. App-190. GOD. App-98. FELLOWLABOURER. Greek. _sunergos._ See 1 Corinthians 3:9. The texts vary here. GOSPEL. App-140. CHRIST. App-98. TO, &C. = with. view to (Greek. _ei...
_and sent Timotheus_ TIMOTHY: see note on this name, ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:1. The Acts of the Apostles traces St Paul's footsteps from Thessalonica to Berœa, and on from Berœa to Athens: read Acts 17...
section iv St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 to 1 Thessalonians 3:13 The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden and characteristic b...
2. The verse presents a complicated and difficult problem: (_a_) ΤΟΝ ΑΔΕΛΦΟΝ ΗΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ is the reading of אAP 67** 71 and several other minn., vg cop basm syrhel txt, Bas Euthal Pelag...
§ 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 TO 1 Thessalonians 3:5. The Separation of the Apostles from their Converts After the pause for thanksgiving to God, which in its turn led up to the stern denunciation of Jewi...
ΈΠΈΜΨΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΜΠΈΜΠΩ (G3992) посылать. Гл. используется с предлогом ΕΙΣ и артикулированным _inf._ для выражения цели (Frame), ΤΟΎ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΎ (G5547) Христа. _Gen._ является либо субъект...
OUR FELLOW-LABOURER— It appears, from Acts 17:14 that Timothy had been in those parts before, as St. Paul's fellow-labourer; and as, doubtless, he was well known to the Thessalonians, his coming, on t...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:2) _2_ AND SENT TIMOTHY, OUR BROTHER, AND GOD'S MINISTER IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, TO ESTABLISH YOU, AND COMFORT _YOU_ CONCERNING YOUR FAITH; Translation and Paraphrase 2. An...
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: MINISTER OF GOD, AND OUR FELLOW-LAB...
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...
3:2 God (d-9) The reading here is perplexing, but it is either as translated, or 'our brother and minister of God.'...
THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
OUR FELLOW-LABOURER] better, 'God's fellow-worker' or 'minister,' RV. 3. Should be moved] better, 'led astray.' AFFLICTIONS] at the hands of Jews and Gentiles: see Acts 17:5....
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 3 WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5 V1 When we could wait no l...
SENT. — It may possibly mean that a message was despatched to him at Berœa, ordering him to go, but is far more naturally understood if Timothy were at Athens at the time. AND MINISTER... — The text h...
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...
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
AWAKENING THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION 1 Thessalonians 3:1 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as _a fellow-worker with God_. What a wonderful phrase, and yet i...
The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed suf...
PAUL'S CONCERN FOR THEIR FAITH Because he had been forced to leave Thessalonica and prevented from returning, he reached a point where his concern for the church made him decide to be left in Athens a...
(1) В¶ Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; (2) And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Chris...
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 ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN CHARACTER_ ‘To establish you … concerning your faith.’ 1 Thessalonians 3:2 All the Epistles are addressed to Christian people. This fact should be borne in mind when we c...
2_Our brother_. He assigns to him these marks of commendation, that he may shew the more clearly how much inclined he was to consult their welfare: for if he had sent them some common person, it could...
Now this forced removal of the apostle as the chief labourer, without weakening the bond between him and the disciples, formed other links which would consolidate and strengthen the assembly, knitting...
AND SENT TIMOTHEUS OUR BROTHER,.... In a spiritual relation, having the same heavenly Father, and belonging to the same Jerusalem, which is free, and the mother of us all; of the same household and in...
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: Ver. 2. _To establish you_] Who haply...
Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time (Acts 17:1), he sent word for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15). Evid...
Timothy sent to help them, 3:1-5 1 WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlab...
“AND SENT TIMOTHY, OUR BROTHER AND GOD'S MINISTER IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, TO ESTABLISH YOU, AND TO COMFORT YOU CONCERNING YOUR FAITH” “Our brother”: The brother of the Thessalonians and Paul, and. v...
1-5 The more we find pleasure in the ways of God, the more we shall desire to persevere therein. The apostle's design was to establish and comfort the Thessalonians as to the object of their faith, t...
(To see numbers 1 and 2: SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 3:1".) 3. By the description he gives of him in the text: a man dear to him, and as his right hand in the service of the gospel. And his care of...
and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith [fearful lest the infant church should succumb to temptation or to...
1 Thessalonians 3:2 and G2532 sent G3992 (G5656) Timothy G5095 our G2257 brother G80 and G2532 minister G1249
‘Wherefore when we could not longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister (or fellow worker) in the Good News of Christ, to establish...
_Paul describes the Feelings he had towards the Thessalonians after he had left them._ This paragraph is remarkable chiefly as a manifestation of the ardent affection which Paul felt for his churches....
1 Thessalonians 3:2. OUR BROTHER AND FELLOW-LABOURER WITH GOD. This reading is doubtful, but is preferred by the most discriminating editors. The reading followed by the English version is more natura...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 I. The purpose of Timothy's mission to the Thessalonians was to establish, to make them steadfast in the midst of persecution, to make them rooted and grounded in love, to make the...
CONTENTS: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: It is easy for the servant of Christ to bear afflictions or persecut...
1 Thessalonians 3:1. _Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,_ seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athens....
WHILE WE SEND TIMOTHY. Whatever Satan was doing did not make it impossible for Timothy to go to assist and strengthen the church at Thessalonica....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 3:2 GOD’S COWORKER. Paul may be highlighting Timothy’s credentials to show that he was a worthy substitute, since Paul could not come himself....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:1. WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR.—This latter word occurs in 1 Corinthians 13:7 to describe the endurance of love. 1 Thessalonians
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens, and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting them to en...
WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it would be good to be left at Athens alone; And we sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ...
1 Corinthians 16:10; 1 Corinthians 16:11; 1 Corinthians 16:12; 1 Corinthians 4:17;...
Our brother. Comp. 2 Corinthians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Romans 16:23;...