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2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God, even our father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God, even our father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2 THESSALONIANS 2:16 @o`# qeo.j o` path,r Struck by the unusual expression o` qeo.j o` path.r h`mw/n, copyists have altered o` path,r (a* (om. o` ac) B Dgr*...
Verse 16. _NOW OUR LORD JESUS_] As all your _grace_ came from God through Christ, so the _power_ that is necessary to strengthen and confirm you unto the end must come in the same way. _EVERLASTING...
NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF - This expression is equivalent to this: “I pray our Lord Jesus, and our Father, to comfort you.” It is really a prayer offered to the Saviour - a recognition of Chri...
III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER, EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Chapter S 2:13-3:18 _ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_ 2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1) 3....
FURTHER THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. In contrast to the men mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Paul thanks God for the Christians whom God chose for salvation. The paragraph concludes with a brief doxolog...
THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
We ought always to give thanks for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the consecration of the Holy Spirit and by faith in the truth. For this he...
EVEN. Omit. FATHER. App-98. HATH. Omit. HATH GIVEN. gave. EVERLASTING. App-151. CONSOLATION. Greek. _paraklesis._ See Luke 6:24.Acts 4:36. GRACE. App-184....
_Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father_ This remarkable invocation corresponds both in form and place in the Epistle to that of 1 Thessalonians 3:11 (see note). But here _Christ'...
Section IV. Words of Comfort and Prayer Ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 to 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Passing from the last Section, we breathe a sigh of relief, and gladly join in thanksgiving for those who will...
§ 4. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 TO 2 Thessalonians 3:5. WORDS OF COMFORT AND PRAYER _Solatium post prœdictionem rerum tristium_ (Bengel). Turning from the awful apparition of Antichrist, the writers with a...
16. For ΙΗΣΟΥΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, A 47 read Ιησους ο χριστος; and B, Χριστος Ιησους—an order of the names found seven times in B where no other MS. presents it. BDK 17 omit Ο before ΘΕΟΣ—a letter easily overloo...
ΆΓΑΠΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. subst._ от ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. _Aor._ обозначает предшествующее действие, ΔΟΎΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΣΙΣ (G3874) ободрение, утешение. Здесь им...
DISCOURSE: 2215 GOD OUR BENEFACTOR 2 Thessalonians 2:16. _Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope thr...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) 16 NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND GOD OUR FATHER WHO LOVED US AND GAVE US ETERNAL COMFORT AND GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE, 17 COMFORT YOUR HEARTS AND ESTABLISH THEM...
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, HIMSELF - by His own might, contrasted with...
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...
2:16 consolation (k-20) As 2 Corinthians 1:4 ....
THE GREAT APOSTASY 2. Spirit] i.e. a pretended revelation uttered by a false prophet. LETTER AS FROM US] perhaps a forged letter (the probable meaning), cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:17, or a misunderstandin...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2:1-2 V1 Now *brothers and *sisters, do not worry about the return of our *Lord Jesus Christ....
NOW. — Better, _And,_ connecting closely the prayer with the exhortation, just as in 1 Thessalonians 5:23. “Again,” says St. Chrysostom, “prayer after advice: this is to help in earnest.” The word “Hi...
CHAPTER 21 THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (R.V.) THE first part of this chapter is mysterious, awful, and oppressive. It deals with the principle of evil in the world, its secret working,...
αὐτὸς δὲ, perhaps with a slight implicit apposition to the _you_ or _we_ of the previous sentence. ἀγαπήσας καὶ δοὺς, κ. τ. λ., connection as in John 3:16. παράκλησιν for this world, ἐλπίδα for the wo...
HELD FIRM AND GUARDED FROM EVIL 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:1 This closing section is full of comfort and inspiration. Believers in Christ are the beloved of God; their salvation dates fr...
The apostle now stated clearly the order of events connected with the Second Advent of Jesus. He first announced the distinction between the two things that they were evidently confusing: ''the Coming...
PAUL'S EXHORTATION AND PRAYER FOR THESSALONICA Paul wanted them to hold their ground (in contrast to verse 2) by keeping the truths given over to them through inspired speakers and writers. God's chil...
(13) В¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief...
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...
16_Now the Lord himself_. When he ascribes to Christ a work altogether Divine, and represents him, in common with the Father, as the Author of the choicest blessings, as we have in this a clear proof...
In answering this error, and in guarding them from the wily efforts of seducers, he puts everything in its place here by appealing to precious truths of which he had already spoken. Their gathering to...
NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF,.... The apostle having exhorted the saints to perseverance, closes this second part of his epistle, relating to the coming of Christ, with a prayer for the saints, t...
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given _us_ everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Ver. 16. _And good hope_] The fruit of everl...
_Therefore, brethren, stand fast_ In your adherence to the truth and possession of the grace of the gospel; _and hold_ Without adding to or diminishing from them; _the traditions which ye have been ta...
In the first twelve verses of this chapter we are now presented with the striking, central message of the epistle. These things are not intended to satisfy indolent curiosity or to stir the excitement...
Paul's ends the chapter with a prayer for them. He makes these points: A. God loves us. B. He gave us eternal life. C. He gives us comfort. D. Only God can offer us hope. 17. E. God will comfort...
“NOW OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF, AND GOD OUR FATHER WHO LOVED US AND GAVE US ETERNAL COMFORT AND GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE”...
16,17 We may and should direct our prayers, not only to God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, but also to our Lord Jesus Christ himself. And we should pray in his name unto God, not only as...
The apostle here addeth prayer to his exhortation: the word and prayer are to go together, whether it be written or preached; as the twelve told the disciples, ACTS 6:4: We will give ourselves to the...
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,...
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‘Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.' This...
_Exhortation suitable to those whom God has saved from Unbelief and Unrighteousness_ Paul contrasts the condition and prospects of the believing Thessalonians with those persons of whom he has been s...
2 Thessalonians 2:16. BUT MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF. As all the instruction we can give you may fail to comfort and establish you, may the Lord Himself effect these blessed results in you, inw...
AND GOD OUR FATHER (κα [ο] θεος ο πατηρ ημων). It is uncertain whether the first article ο is genuine as it is absent in B D. Usually Paul has the Father before Christ except here, 2 Corinthians 13...
THROUGH GRACE Grace (in salvation). (1 Timothy 1:14); (1 Timothy 1:15); (Romans 3:24). ( See Scofield) - (John 1:17)....
2 Thessalonians 2:16 Life's Trouble and its True Remedy. I. By Divine will there is a trouble common to man a trouble of life in which all and each may expect some share, and which, at particular tim...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spiri...
CONTENTS: Day of the Lord and the man of sin. Exhortation and instruction. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, Satan, Paul. CONCLUSION: The blessed hope of Christ's coming is a doctrine wit...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord,_ the only hope of the saints, _and by our gathering together to him._ By the coming of our Lord reference must be had to the...
FOR GOD CHOSE YOU. In contrast to the victims of the Mysterious Wickedness, the Thessalonian Christians had been chosen to be saved! See note on 1 Thessalonians 1:4. God's Plan included the Gentiles f...
2 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Disproving the False Claim about the Day of the Lord. Paul reassures the Thessalonians that the day of the Lord has not come. In...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 2:16. EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE.—Consolation, or comfort, is ministered by the Paraclete (John 14:16; Acts 9:31), who abides for ever with...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle now proceeds to the principal object which he had in view in writing this Epistle. The Thessalonians had adopted erroneous notions concerning the advent; they supposed...
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, [in virtue of this, because of this] and are gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neit...
1 John 3:16; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:3; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:9;...
Through grace [ε ν χ α ρ ι τ ι]. Better, in grace, as the element of God's gift. Const. with hath given, not with hath loved and hath given....
THE SECOND COMING IN THESSALONIANS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS You are, perhaps, aware that the Second Coming of Christ holds a very important place in both of Paul's Epistles to the chur...
Our apostle having abundantly comforted and affectionately exhorted the Thessalonians in the former verses, now concludes with fervent prayer for them. Where observe, 1. The persons prayed to: our Lo...