2 Thessalonians 1 - Introduction
CHAPTER 1. PAUL AGAIN COMMENDS THE THESSALONIANS AND PROMISES THAT THE AFFLICTIONS BROUGHT ON THEM BY UNBELIEVERS WILL BRING THEM BLESSING AND WILL BRING THE UNBELIEVERS INTO JUDGMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 1. PAUL AGAIN COMMENDS THE THESSALONIANS AND PROMISES THAT THE AFFLICTIONS BROUGHT ON THEM BY UNBELIEVERS WILL BRING THEM BLESSING AND WILL BRING THE UNBELIEVERS INTO JUDGMENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.' This was a typical form of greeting by a letter writer of the day, indicating the author's name, the recipient's name... [ Continue Reading ]
‘We are bound to give thanks to God always, brothers and sisters, even as it is meet, for that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds.' Again we find evidence of Paul's continual gratefulness to God, and his continual overflowing thankfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure, a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingly Rule of God for which also you... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, with the angels of his power, in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus.' The thought continues. When the Lord Jesus is revea... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Who will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might.' This is their greatest punishment, that they will not see His face or observe and experience His powerful glory. That they will be separated from Him and what He is for ever. Those who d... [ Continue Reading ]
‘When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all those who believed, (because our testimony to you was believed), in that day.' ‘That day' is a technical term used to designate the day of the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timoth... [ Continue Reading ]
‘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 may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.'... [ Continue Reading ]