Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Thessalonians 2:2
We had suffered — In several places. We are bold — Notwithstanding. With much contention — Notwithstanding both inward and outward conflicts of all kinds.
We had suffered — In several places. We are bold — Notwithstanding. With much contention — Notwithstanding both inward and outward conflicts of all kinds.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:2. _SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED - AT PHILIPPI_] There Paul and Silas had been beaten with many stripes, shut up in the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks. See Acts 1...
BUT EVEN AFTER THAT WE HAD SUFFERED BEFORE - Before we came among you. AND WERE SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED, AS YE KNOW, AT PHILIPPI - Acts 16:19 ff. By being beaten and cast into prison. The shame of the tr...
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...
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...
PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
AFTER THAT WE HAD. having. SUFFERED BEFORE. Greek. _propascho_. Only here. WERE, &C. = having been treated with contumely. Greek. _hubrizo._ See Acts 14:5. Referring to their being scourged, though R...
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...
_but even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi_ More exactly, HAVING SUFFERED BEFORE, AND BEEN SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED (R. V.), or THOUGH WE HAD ALREA...
ΟΥ̓ ΚΕΝῊ ΓΈΓΟΝΕΝ (1 Thessalonians 2:1), ἈΛΛᾺ … ἘΠΑΡΡΗΣΙΑΣΆΜΕΘΑ ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩ͂Ι ἩΜΩ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. The Apostles’ παρρησία ἐν θεῷ excluded the thought of a κενὴ εἴσοδος: utterance so confident, and so charged w...
§ 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...
ΠΡΟΠΑΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΠΆΣΧΩ (G4310) страдать раньше, страдать заранее. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие. Павел имеет в виду позорное обращение, которому он подвергся в Филиппа...
WITH MUCH CONTENTION,— Because of the opposition exerted against us by the perverse and unbelieving Jews. Acts 17:1. Dr. Heylin reads, _even under great difficulties._...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:2) 2 BUT HAVING SUFFERED BEFORE AND BEEN SHAMEFULLY TREATED, AS YE KNOW, AT PHILIPPI, WE WAXED BOLD IN OUR GOD TO SPEAK UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD IN MUCH CONFLICT. Translati...
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. EVEN AFTER THA...
PAUL'S THANKSGIVING 2 This is the pattern pastoral epistle. Paul's deep concern leads him to constant prayer for them, for he knows their need and has been torn from them before it was possible for h...
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...
EVEN AFTER “what was enough to have scared others” (Bengel). Such men were not likely to be “vain.” The marks of their ill-treatment at Philippi were fresh upon them at Thessalonica (_as ye know_). Se...
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...
“Though we had suffered aye and suffered outrage” in one town, yet on we went to another with the same errand; a practical illustration of Matthew 10:23....
An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
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...
PAUL'S ARRIVAL IN THESSALONICA Paul reminded the Thessalonian brethren that the purpose of his coming and the message preached in that coming were not empty. Either they had heard or he had told them...
(2) But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in (a) our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. (2) The v...
(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...
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...
BUT EVEN AFTER THAT WE HAD SUFFERED BEFORE,.... Before they came to Thessalonica, which they would not have done, had their ministry been a light and empty one in itself, and unprofitable to others; a...
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. Ver. 2. _But even...
_Yourselves, brethren, know_, &c. What was proposed chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:5, is now more largely treated of; concerning Paul and his fellow- labourers, 1 Thessalonians 2:1: concerning the Thessaloni...
AT PHILIPPI; ACTS 16:19-24. MUCH CONTENTION; conflict with opposers, and the dangers and difficulties thence arising....
PAUL'S MANNER OF WORKING IN THESSALONICA. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 He came with the humble desire to serve God:...
BUT EVEN AFTER THAT WE HAD SUFFERED BEFORE, AND WERE SHAMEFULLY ENTREATED, AS YOU KNOW, AT PHILIPPI, WE WERE BOLD IN OUR GOD TO SPEAK UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD WITH MUCH CONTENTION....
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...
III. The relationship of the writers to the church, 2:1-3:13 A. Proper motive in preaching, 2:1-4 1 FOR YOURSELVES, BRETHREN, KNOW OUR ENTRANCE IN UNTO YOU, THAT IT WAS NOT IN VAIN: 2 But even afte...
“BUT HAVING SUFFERED BEFORE AND BEEN SHAMEFULLY TREATED, AS YE KNOW, AT PHILIPPI, WE WAXED BOLD IN OUR GOD TO SPEAK UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL OF GOD IN MUCH CONFLICT” “But”: Before reaching Thessalonica, P...
1-6 The apostle had no wordly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met with much opposition; and it was preached with conte...
OLBGrk; Here the apostle begins a new discourse, giving an account more particularly of himself, and of his carriage among them, which he mentions as a subordinate reason why his ministry was so succe...
but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict. [The Thessalonians remembered how Paul a...
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‘But having suffered before, and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict.' The second evidence of his genuineness...
_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...
1 Thessalonians 2:2. BUT. We should expect that this word would introduce a logically exact opposition to the preceding clause, and that Paul would proceed to narrate the results of his preaching. Ins...
BUT HAVING SUFFERED BEFORE (αλλα προπαθοντες). Strong adversative αλλα, antithesis to κενη. Appeal to his personal experiences in Thessalonica known to them ( AS YE KNOW , καθως οιδατε). Second aor...
1 Thessalonians 2:1 I. In view of what he had already undergone, and in anticipation of renewed suffering, St. Paul was "bold" in declaring in Thessalonica the whole counsel of God, keeping nothing ba...
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...
MISTREATED AND INSULTED IN PHILIPPI. Acts 16:19-24. YET OUR GOD GAVE US COURAGE. They honored God by being courageous in the face of danger and opposition (Philippians 4:13). MUCH OPPOSITION. A certai...
_For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain _ ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS IN PREACHING: BOLDNESS Outsiders testified of the success of the gospel; and the apo...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:2 SHAMEFULLY TREATED AT PHILIPPI. See Acts 16:19. BOLDNESS. Despite experiencing fierce
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 2:1. OUR ENTRANCE IN … WAS NOT IN VAIN.—The word for “vain” here is the same as that in the first half of “ceno-taph.” The entrance into Thessalonica,...
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 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; Acts 14:3; Acts 1
Having suffered before [π ρ ο π α θ ο ν τ ε ς]. N. T. o. Although we had suffered. Having been shamefully entreated [υ β ρ ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. Comp. Matthew 22:32; Acts 14:5. This may have been added be...
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...
Here St. Paul discovers to the Thessalonians the great difficulties and dangers which he broke through at his first entrance amongst them to preach the gospel; he acquaints them with the reproach and...