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2 Thessalonians 1:11
Wherefore also we pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power;
Wherefore also we pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power;
Verse 11. _WE PRAY - THAT OUR GOD WOULD COUNT YOU WORTHY_] It is our earnest prayer that God would _make you worthy_, αξιωση, afford those continual supplies of grace by his Holy Spirit, without which...
WHEREFORE ALSO WE PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU - See the notes, 1 Thessalonians 1:2. THAT OUR GOD WOULD COUNT YOU WORTHY OF THIS CALLING. - Margin, “or, vouchsafe.” The meaning is, “that he would regard you as...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Salutation and thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1)_ 2. The revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven (2 Thessa...
Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future. Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be c...
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
WHEREFORE. With. view to (Greek. _eis)_ which. ALSO WE PRAY. we pray (App-134.) also. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ COUNT... WORTHY. Greek. _axioo._ See Acts 15:38. FULFIL. App-125. GOOD PLE...
_Wherefore also we pray always for you_ Rather, TO WHICH END ALSO WE PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU (comp. 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:10), THAT OUR GOD MAY COUNT YOU WORTHY OF HIS CALLING. God was "c...
Section II. The Approaching Retribution Ch. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12 These _vv._contain further reasons for _thanksgiving_on the writer's part, concluding with a _prayer_that his readers may receive th...
ΕἸΣ Ὃ ΚΑῚ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΘΑ ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ ΠΕΡῚ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. _To which end we are also praying always about you_: see notes on 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; and for the contents of the prayer, cf....
§ 2. 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12. THE APPROACHING JUDGEMENT The thought of the recompense awaiting the persecuted Thessalonian Church and its persecutors, respectively, swells the opening thanksgiving of t...
ΕΙΣ о с этой целью, имея это в виду. Выражение передает идею цели (Morris; Moore), ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться (_см._ 1 Thessalonians 5:17). ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ (G3842...
DISCOURSE: 2212 MEETNESS FOR HEAVEN DESIRED 2 Thessalonians 1:11. _We pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and t...
THAT OUR GOD WOULD COUNT YOU WORTHY— _Would make,_ or _render you worthy,_ &c. Heylin and Doddridge. Instead of _the good pleasure of his goodness,_ Blackwall would render the original ευδοκιαν αγαθωσ...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12) 11 TO WHICH END WE ALSO PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU, THAT OUR GOD MAY COUNT YOU WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING, AND FULFILL EVERY DESIRE OF GOODNESS AND _EVERY_ WORK OF FAITH, WITH POW...
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: WHEREFORE, [ Eis (G1...
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
SALUTATIONS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3. 5-C. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17. The Coming of Chri...
CALLING] cp. Philippians 3:14; Hebrews 3:1. ALL THE GOOD PLEASURE OF _his_ GOODNESS] better, 'all delight in well-doing.'...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE LETTER 1 THE WRITERS Like 1 Thessalonians, this letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy. The writer of this letter used th...
WHEREFORE. — Literally, _whereunto_ — _i.e.,_ to their being found among the blessed. The “also” serves to emphasise the “pray”: we do not content ourselves with merely hoping, but we direct actual pr...
CHAPTER 18 SUFFERING AND GLORY 2 Thessalonians 1:5 (R.V.) IN the preceding verses of this chapter, as in the opening of the First Epistle, the Apostle has spoken of the afflictions of the Thessaloni...
καὶ κ. τ. λ., we pray as well as render thanks (2 Thessalonians 1:3) for you. Unable any longer to give the Thessalonians their personal example and instructions the time for that had passed (ἐπιστώθη...
FAITHFUL THROUGH FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS GOD 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2 Thessalonians 1:2; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, the...
PAUL'S PRAYER DURING THEIR AFFLICTION Paul wanted them to be prepared for the kingdom of God when Christ would come again for judgment. So, he, along with Silas and Timothy, prayed for them that they...
(8) Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of (b) [this] calling, and fulfil (c) all the good pleasure of [his] goodness, and the (d) work of faith with power: (8)...
_Wherefore, also we pray, &c. By the Greek, the sense and construction cannot be in, or on which day; and therefore it must be referred to what was said before, that God should be glorified in his sai...
(11) В¶ Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: (12) That the na...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
_A PRAYER_ ‘To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power; that the Name of our...
11_On which account we pray always_. That they may know that they need continual help from God, he declares that he prays in their behalf. When he says _on this account_, he means, in order that they...
In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the apostle corrects some errors into which these disciples had fallen with regard to the day of the Lord through certain false teachers; as in part of the...
WHEREFORE ALSO WE PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU,.... Not only observe the above things to your comfort, to support you under sufferings, but we add our prayers, and not only now, but always, that you may be amo...
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of _this_ calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of _his_ goodness, and the work of faith with power: Ver. 11. _The work...
_Wherefore_ In regard of which, as we rejoice in what is already done, and have the most earnest concern that the precious seed we have sown may answer the hope with which we see it springing up, and...
THIS CALLING; their calling to eternal life. FULFIL; in your souls. ALL THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS GOODNESS; as manifested in carrying forward to completion the work of sanctification in your souls....
(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
"The end"indicates that the second coming will be the end of time, the end of this world, the end of wickedness, the end of affliction, hardship and persecution, the end of suffering. Paul continues t...
COUNT: Or, vouchsafe...
“TO WHICH END WE ALSO PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU, THAT OUR GOD MAY COUNT YOU WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING, AND FULFILL EVERY DESIRE OF GOODNESS AND EVERY WORK OF FAITH, WITH POWER” “To which end”: “In view of thi...
11,12 Believing thoughts and expectations of the second coming of Christ should lead us to pray to God more, for ourselves and others. If there is any good in us, it is owing to the good pleasure of...
OLBGrk; The apostle here again mentions his praying for these Thessalonians, as he had often mentioned it in the former Epistle. And the reason might be, because he was absent from them; they might th...
To which end [i. e., with a view to this glorious consummation; viz.: of being glorified in Christ] _we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every de...
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‘To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus ma...
_Salutation Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonian Church under Persecution, Assurance of Compensation, and Prayer for the perfecting of their Faith._ Paul informs the Thessalonians of the emo...
2 Thessalonians 1:11. TO WHICH END. An expression equivalent to, and with a view to this glorious consummation. WE ALSO PRAY. We not only give you these assurances regarding this great future event,...
TO WHICH END (εις ο). So Colossians 1:29. Probably purpose with reference to the contents of verses 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10. We have had the Thanksgiving (verses 2 Thessalonians 1:3-...
2 Thessalonians 1:7 The rest awaiting Christ's troubled saints is in the fullest sense to be their possession at the revelation of the Lord Jesus. He who is emphatically the coming One is to be revea...
2 Thessalonians 1:11 Worthy of your Calling. In the former letter to the Church of Thessalonica, the Apostle had dwelt, in ever-memorable words which sound like a prelude of the trump of God on the c...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians_ Paul loved to associate his fellow-workers with himself when writing to his brethren and sisters in Chri...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord J...
CONTENTS: Believer's comfort in persecution. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy. CONCLUSION: The patient suffering of believers for Christ's sake, is a manifest token that they are wor...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus,_ [the Roman name of Silas] _and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ._ The inscription is the same as in...
THIS IS WHY WE ALWAYS PRAY FOR YOU. Because of the _promise_ God has for those who belong to Christ. HE CALLED YOU TO LIVE. See note on Revelation 22:17....
_That our God would count you worthy of this calling _ SALVATION THE RESULT OF THE PLEASURE OF GOD’S GOODNESS AND HIS POWER I. It flows from the pleasure of God’s goodness. In the whole course of ou...
_Wherefore also we pray always for you _ THE GOOD PLEASURE OF GOODNESS At the point where the intercession rises out of the text we see St. Paul’s manner of giving a devotional turn to every subject...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 1:11 TO THIS END. That is, in view of vv. 2 Thessalonians 1:5. make you worthy
2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving and Comfort for the Persecuted Thessalonians. In Greek, vv. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 are one long sentence expressing Paul’s gratefulness and words of encouragement
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 1:11. AND FULFIL ALL THE GOOD PLEASURE.—R.V. “every desire of goodness.” “As much as to say, May God mightily accomplish in you all that goodness woul...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had received of the increase of the faith and love of his...
Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in Thessalon...
1 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12;...
Wherefore [ε ι ς ο]. Better, to which end. Comp. Colossians 1:29. The end is, "that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God," ver. 5. The same thought is continued in ver. 11. Count - worthy [α...
All the good pleasure of his goodness — Which is no less than perfect holiness....
In these words St. Paul assures the Thessalonians, that although he could not come to them, that yet he prayed fervently for them: WE PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU. The faithful ministers of Christ can as soon...