Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now when Timotheus was come to us from you — Immediately after his return, St. Paul wrote; while his joy was fresh, and his tenderness at the height.
But now when Timotheus was come to us from you — Immediately after his return, St. Paul wrote; while his joy was fresh, and his tenderness at the height.
Verse 6. _WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME_] We have already seen that he and Silas stayed behind at Thessalonica, when Paul was obliged to leave it; for the persecution seems to have been principally directed ag...
BUT NOW WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US - To Corinth, after he had been sent to Thessalonica; Acts 18:5; compare notes on 1 Thessalonians 3:2. AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS - A cheerful or favorabl...
III. AFFLICTIONS AND COMFORT CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Timotheus, Paul's messenger 1 Thessalonians 3:1)_ 2. His return with good tidings and the apostle's comfort and joy 1 Thessalonians 3:6) 3. This earnest...
THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY TO THESSALONICA. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon him b...
THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
So, when we could not stand it any longer, we made up our minds to be left all alone in Athens, and we sent Timothy our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen you and enco...
BROUGHT... GOOD TIDING s. App-121. The only place, save Luke 1:19, where _euangelizo_ does not refer to the gospel. CHARITY. love. App-135. ALWAYS. App-151. DESIRING GREATLY. Greek. _epipotheo._ Se...
_But now when Timotheus came from you unto us_ BUT WHEN TIMOTHY CAME EVEN NOW UNTO US FROM YOU (R. V.): this rendering puts due emphasis on the words "from you" (it was Timothy's coming with news _fro...
section iv St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 to 1 Thessalonians 3:13 The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden and characteristic b...
§ 6. 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13. The Good News brought by Timothy Timothy has just returned from Thessalonica; and his report is entirely reassuring (1 Thessalonians 3:6), so that it gives new life to Pau...
ἌΡΤΙ ΔῈ ἘΛΘΌΝΤΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΈΟΥ ΠΡῸΣ ἩΜΑ͂Σ�ʼ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. _But now that Timothy, at this moment, has come to us from you_. From Acts 18:5 it would appear that Timothy had joined Silas before arriving at Corinth,...
ΆΡΤΙ (G737) теперь, прямо сейчас, ΈΛΘΌΝΤΟΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти. _Aor._ указывает на действие, предшествующее действию основного гл. _temp. part. gen. abs._, "Теперь,...
BUT NOW WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME, &C.— This should rather be read, _But now that Timothy is come,—and hath brought,— therefore_ (1 Thessalonians 3:7.) _we are comforted._...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:6) 6 BUT WHEN TIMOTHY CAME EVEN NOW UNTO US FROM YOU, AND BROUGHT US GLAD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND LOVE, AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS, LONGING TO SEE US, EV...
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:...
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...
3:6 us, (f-30) Or 'have good remembrance of us, always desiring much to see.'...
THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
NOW WHEN] better, 'as soon as.' CHARITY] RV 'love.'...
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 3 WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5 V1 When we could wait no l...
“We were in great anxiety, for fear you should have fallen away, and sent Timothy to see if all was well; but now, all anxiety is over.” TIMOTHEUS CAME. — According to the usual interpretation of 1 Th...
CHAPTER 8 LOVE AND PRAYERS 1 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.) THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They illustrate the remark of Bengel that the First Epistle to the Thessalonians i...
CHAPTER 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the Jews to the gospel, and in the verses before us...
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
AWAKENING THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION 1 Thessalonians 3:1 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as _a fellow-worker with God_. What a wonderful phrase, and yet i...
The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed suf...
ENCOURAGEMENT FOUND IN TIMOTHY'S REPORT Almost as soon as Timothy arrived, Paul had begun to write. The news was good because they remained strong in faith and love. Their love for Paul had caused the...
(2) But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also [to see]...
(5) For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. (6) В¶ But now when Timotheus came from you u...
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...
He shews here, by another argument, by what an extraordinary affection he was actuated towards them, inasmuch as he was transported almost out of his senses by the joyful intelligence of their being i...
Now this forced removal of the apostle as the chief labourer, without weakening the bond between him and the disciples, formed other links which would consolidate and strengthen the assembly, knitting...
BUT NOW WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US,.... At Corinth, as appears from Acts 18:5 which shows that this epistle was not written from Athens, as the subscription to it asserts, but from Corinth;...
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also _to see_ you...
_For this cause_ The apostle proceeds to explain more fully what he began to speak of 1 Thessalonians 3:1; _when I could no longer forbear_ Or endure the state of anxious uncertainty I was in with reg...
BUT NOW, WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND CHARITY, AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS, DESIRING GREATLY TO SEE US, AS WE ALSO TO SEE YOU,...
The effect upon the apostle of Timothy's encouraging report:...
Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time (Acts 17:1), he sent word for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15). Evid...
Timothy's report, 3:6-10 6 BUT NOW WHEN TIMOTHEUS CAME FROM YOU UNTO US, AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND CHARITY, AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS, DESIRING GREATLY TO SEE...
“BUT WHEN TIMOTHY CAME EVEN NOW UNTO US FROM YOU, AND BROUGHT US GLAD TIDINGS OF YOUR FAITH AND LOVE, AND THAT YE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF US ALWAYS, LONGING TO SEE US, EVEN AS WE ALSO TO SEE YOU” “B...
6-10 Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. That which was the instrument to obtain faith, is also the mean...
We had bfore an account of Timothy's sending, now of his return, wherein we have the message he brought, and the effect thereof upon the apostle. The message may be considered: 1. As to its new comin...
But when Timothy came even now [suggesting that Paul wrote on the day of Timothy's arrival, or very soon after] _unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have...
1 Thessalonians 3:6 But G1161 now G737 Timothy G5095 come G2064 (G5631) to G4314 us G2248 from G575 you...
‘But when Timothy came even now to us from you, and brought us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us as we also to see you, for this...
_Paul describes the Feelings he had towards the Thessalonians after he had left them._ This paragraph is remarkable chiefly as a manifestation of the ardent affection which Paul felt for his churches....
1 Thessalonians 3:6. BUT TIMOTHY HAVING JUST NOW COME. That this letter was written immediately after Timothy's return with the good news he brought regarding the Thessalonian Christians, might be gat...
EVEN NOW (αρτ). Just now, Timothy having come (ελθοντος Τιμοθεου, genitive absolute). Why Silas is not named is not clear, unless he had come from Beroea or elsewhere in Macedonia.GLAD TIDINGS OF...
1 Thessalonians 3:6 I. The Apostle now tells us that, on Timothy's return from his mission, bearing good tidings of the Thessalonian Church, he had been comforted. The new-born joy, the tender love of...
CONTENTS: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: It is easy for the servant of Christ to bear afflictions or persecut...
1 Thessalonians 3:1. _Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,_ seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athens....
TO US FROM YOU. Timothy met Paul at Corinth (Acts 18:5) with a good report. [This implies Paul wrote them from Corinth.]...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 3:6 When Timothy returned from Thessalonica, Paul wrote to the Thessalonians. ⇐...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:6. AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS.—R.V. “glad tidings.” “The one word for ‘brought-glad-tidings’ everywhere else in New Testament signifies _the_ glad t...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens, and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting them to en...
WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it would be good to be left at Athens alone; And we sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ...
1 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 John 3:23; 1 Thessalonians 1:3;...
Now [α ρ τ ι]. See on John 13:33. Const. with we were comforted (ver. 7), not with came. Good remembrance [μ ν ε ι α ν α γ α θ η ν]. Better kindly remembrance. Comp. Romans 5:7 (see note); Romans 7:12...