A GREAT WISH
‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.’
Here we have brought before us
I. A great Person.—Our Lord Jesus Christ.
II. A great gift.—His grace.
III. A great wish.—May His grace be with you all.
Bishop G. H. Wilkinson.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:28 u`mw/n) {A} Through the influence of liturgical usage, most witnesses add avmh,n (a A Dc K L P 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ it61, 86 vg syrp, h copbo goth eth). It is absent from good rep...
Verse 1 Thessalonians 5:28. _THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS_] As the epistle _began_ so it _ends_; for the _grace of Christ_ must be at the _beginning_ and _end_ of every work, in order to complete it, a...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ... - notes, Romans 16:20. In regard to the subscription at the close of the Epistle, purporting that it was written from Athens, see the introduction, section 3....
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
CONCLUSION. 1 Thessalonians 5:23. The closing benediction commending the Thessalonian Christians to God. SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY: if we press the phrase, human nature is threefold, consisting of: (_a...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
May the God of peace himself consecrate you through and through; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete so that you will be blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. You can re...
GRACE. Greek. _charis._ App-184. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104....
_The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ_be _with you_ This is St Paul's usual form of final benediction. He expands it later Into the full Trinitarian blessing of 2 Corinthians 13:14, or shortens it into...
The Conclusion 1 Thessalonians 5:25 The conclusion of the Epistle is very brief. It contains no reference to the autograph signature, which St Paul in 2 Thessalonians 3:17 and in subsequent letters...
αμην wanting in BD*G 17 67** latt; stands in ADb, c KLP &c. Is this a Western omission, or Alexandrian supplement to the text? Cf. 1 Thessalonians 3:13, and note above: the case for retention is stron...
§ 12. 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28. The Conclusion The conclusion of the Epistle is very brief. It makes no reference to the autograph signature, which the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians 3:17, and in subs...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:28) 28 THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU. Translation and Paraphrase 28. (Now) may the favor of our Lord Jesus, the anointed one, be with you. (Amen) NOTES (1...
(Note, , which is the longest benediction; as ; , "Grace be with you," is the shortest) Paul ends as he began (), with "grace." 'Aleph (') A, Vulgate, have, but B Delta G f g omit, "Amen:" prob...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING THOSE DROWSING 4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us. The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should be on t...
THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS 1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
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 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
THE GRACE. — St. Paul’s autograph to conclude the letter. (See 2 Thessalonians 3:17.)...
CHAPTER 16 CONCLUSION 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (R.V.) THESE verses open with a contrast to what precedes, which is more strongly brought out in the original than in the translation. The Apostle has draw...
“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:12 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who, in the p...
Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
CONCLUDING REMARKS The kiss, like our handshake, was their way of greeting a friend. Paul did not discourage its use but did urge that it be practiced with a proper attitude, that is one of holiness...
REFLECTIONS READER! here is a Chapter highly calculated, under God, to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: While the ungodly are scoffing at the threatened judgment of the Lord's coming, beho...
(24) Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (25) Brethren, pray for us. (26) Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. (27) I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all t...
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 Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU, AMEN. This is the apostle's usual salutation in all his epistles, and the token of the genuineness of them, 2 Thessalonians 3:17. Romans 16:20,...
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ _be_ with you. Amen. The first epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.>> Ver. 28. _Amen_] Amen Isaiah 1:1,31. Assenting; 2. Assevering; 3. Assuring....
_I charge you_ Greek, ορκιζω υμας, _I adjure you_, that is, I lay you under the obligation of an oath; _that this epistle_ The first he wrote; _be read to all the holy brethren_ Namely, of your church...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU! AMEN. The conclusions of Paul's letters are always serene and restful, his last word invariably being one of evangelical kindness. Whether he here had i...
Concluding greetings:...
In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
VI. Conclusion, 5:23-28 23 AND THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU WHOLLY; AND [I PRAY GOD] YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS UNTO THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 24 Fa...
“THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU” Stott notes, “If. local church is to become. gospel church, it must not only receive the gospel and pass it on, but also embody it in. community life...
23-28 The apostle prays that they might be sanctified more perfectly, for the best are sanctified but in part while in this world; therefore we should pray for, and press toward, complete holiness. A...
Having exhorted them to salute one another, he now sends them his own salutation; not in a lip compliment, as the mode now is, but in a serious expression of the desire of his soul: and this, or words...
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. [This is the benediction with which Paul closes most of his Epistles. It is a prayer that they may have all the blessings which the loving favor of God...
1 Thessalonians 5:28 grace G5485 our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 with G3326 you G5216 Amen...
‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.' This again is Paul's personal greeting. It partly repeats the greeting in 1 Thessalonians 1:1. Grace is God's undeserved active favour given in and th...
1 Thessalonians 5:28. THE GRACE. That is, the free favour, the unmerited kindness. This is the usual closing benediction with which Paul concludes his letters....
AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
THE GRACE (η χαρις). Paul prefers this noble word to the customary ερρωσθε (Farewell, Be strong). See 2 Thessalonians 3:18 for identical close save added παντων (all). A bit shorter form in 1 Corint...
1 Thessalonians 5:23 I. There is much of instruction and comfort in this Apostolic prayer. The blessing prayed for is that the Thessalonian converts may be sanctified wholly, that their spirit and sou...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the churc...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU. This is his usual way of saying "good-by." He gives a final word of benediction....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:23 GOD OF PEACE. God initiated the reconciliation of Christians with himself. He is now at peace with them. SPIRIT, SOUL,
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:25_ Closing Words. I. AN IMPORTANT REQUEST.—“Brethren, pray for us” (1 Thessalonians 5:25). The most gifted saints have need of the prayers of Go...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
2 Thessalonians 3:18; Romans 1:7; Romans 16:20; Romans 16:24...
SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
Thus concludes our apostle his excellent epistle, with his usual valediction or farewell wish, desiring, that though the Thessalonians had been large partakers of the grace andd Spirit of Christ, that...