Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Thessalonians 2:10
Holily — In the things of God. Justly — With regard to men. Unblamable — In respect of ourselves. Among you that believe — Who were the constant observers of our behaviour.
Holily — In the things of God. Justly — With regard to men. Unblamable — In respect of ourselves. Among you that believe — Who were the constant observers of our behaviour.
Verse 10. _YE_ ARE _WITNESSES, AND GOD_ ALSO, _HOW HOLILY_] i.e., in reference to GOD; how _justly_ in reference to _men_; and _unblamably_ in reference to our _spirit_ and _conduct_, as ministers of...
YE ARE WITNESSES - They had a full opportunity of knowing his manner of life. AND GOD ALSO - See the notes on ver 5. HOW HOLILY - Piously - observing all the duties of religion. AND JUSTLY - In our...
II. TRUE SERVICE, AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_ 2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1 Thess...
PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
HOLILY. Greek. _hosios._ Only here. Compare the adjective Acts 2:27. JUSTLY. Greek. _dikaios._ See 1 Corinthians 15:34, and compare App-191. UNBLAMEABLY. Greek. _amemptos._ Only here and...
_Ye are witnesses, and God_also] In 1 Thessalonians 2:5 the witness of man and of God (to the outward and inward respectively) were distinguished; here they are combined: YOU ARE WITNESSES, AND SO IS...
section ii The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 _Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ ΜΆΡΤΥΡΕΣ, ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΘΕΌΣ. In 1 Thessalonians 2:5 the witness of men and that of God were separately invoked (see note); here jointly, for the writers’ pastoral ministry, described in 1 Thessalonian...
§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at Thessalonica The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
ΌΣΊΩΣ (G3743) _adv._ набожно, свято. Это слово обозначает наш обязанности перед Богом (Lightfoot, Notes; Trench, Synonyms; 328f; TDNT; NIDNTT). ΔΙΚΑΊΩΣ (G1346) _adv._ праведно. Это слово обозначает о...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:10) 10 YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD _ALSO,_ HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND UNBLAMABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES TOWARD YOU THAT BELIEVE: Translation and Paraphrase 10. You (yoursel...
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: YE ARE WITNESSES - as to our outward conduct. GOD - as to our inner motives....
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...
2:10 piously (e-7) Or 'holily,' _ hosios_ . see 'gracious,' Acts 2:27 ....
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA 2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians 1:30). I...
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 2 HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4 V1...
YE ARE WITNESSES. — Abruptly, without conjunction, the writers add a summary description of their conduct at Thessalonica; before, they had dwelt on details, now, on the broad characteristics. As in 1...
CHAPTER 5 _ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_ 1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.) OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
“We made ourselves yours” (_cf._ 8), the dative going closely (as Romans 7:3) with the verb, which is qualified (as in 1 Corinthians 16:10) by the adverbs; so Born., Findlay. ὑμῖν κ. τ. λ. (dative of...
THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants of God have s...
It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been w...
THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches the gospel with the ri...
(8) Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: (8) To excel others in the example of a godly life....
_You are witnesses. We must necessarily conclude that the apostle speaks this not from vain glory, or personal vanity; but in the just right of defending his own character against the aspersions of en...
(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
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 POWER OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE_ ‘Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe.’ 1 Thessalonians 2:10 St. Paul felt that it was i...
10_Ye are witnesses_. He again calls God and them to witness, with the view of affirming his integrity, and cites, on the one hand, God as a witness of his conscience, and them, (532) on the other han...
Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO,.... Not so much to what goes before as to what follows after, relating to their holy walk and conversation among them, the more open part of which they were witness of;...
Ye _are_ witnesses, and God _also_, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: Ver. 10. _Ye are witnesses, and God also_] Happy is that man that can be acquitt...
_Ye remember, brethren, our labour_ In the ministerial work; _and travail_ Μοχθον, _toil_, in our secular employment; _for labouring night and day_, &c. It seems they often took from the rest of the n...
YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO, HOW HOLILY AND JUSTLY AND UNBLAMABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES AMONG YOU THAT BELIEVE;...
Paul's unselfish devotion:...
We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12 5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
“YE ARE WITNESSES, AND GOD ALSO, HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND UNBLAMEABLY WE BEHAVED OURSELVES TOWARD YOU THAT BELIEVE” “Holily and righteously”: Piously and justly. “UNBLAMEABLY”: Faultlessly. The...
7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fa...
The former verses gave account of their carriage in the ministry, this here of their Christian conversation; _holily, _ with respect to God; _justly, _ with respect to duties commanded towards men; an...
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily [toward God] _and righteously_ [toward man] _and unblamably_ [either toward God or man] _we behaved ourselves toward you that believe_ [Paul here claims not...
1 Thessalonians 2:10 You G5210 witnesses G3144 and G2532 God G2316 how G5613 devoutly G3743 and G2532 justly...
‘You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves towards you who believe, as you know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own child...
1 Thessalonians 2:10. Paul gives a general summary of the character of his demeanour in Thessalonica as a minister of Christ. JUSTLY, _i.e._ righteously. THAT BELIEVE. The reason of this addition i...
_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while resident among them._ In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
HOW HOLILY AND RIGHTEOUSLY AND UNBLAMEABLY (ως οσιως κα δικαιως κα αμεμπτως). Paul calls the Thessalonians and God as witnesses (μαρτυρες) to his life toward you the believers (υμιν τοις πιστευουσιν...
1 Thessalonians 2:10 There are two points to be noted here in this comparison instituted by Paul between his conduct and that of a father. I. He could say, as a wise father suits his dealings, both i...
CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan. CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing t...
YOU ARE OUR WITNESSES. They knew the truth of what Paul was saying....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10 KINGDOM AND GLORY. At Jesus’ second coming, Christians will enjoy the full benefits of God’s kingdom....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionari
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:9. LABOUR AND TRAVAIL.—The same words occur together at 2 Corinthians 11:27. The former is used some twenty times, the latter only three in the New T...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless; although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1): Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica for he makes reference to...
1 Peter 5:3; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 1 Timothy 4:12;...
Holily - justly - unblameably [ο σ ι ω ς - δ ι κ α ι ω ς - α μ ε μ π τ ω ς]. For dikaiwv holily, see on Luke 1:75; for dikaiwv justly or righteously, on Romans 1:17; Romans 5:7. Amemptwv unblameably,...
THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 1 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...