Tertullian On Modesty
Challenge me to front the apostolic line of battle; look at his Epistles: they all keep guard in defence of modesty, of chastity, of sanctity; they all aim their missiles against the interests of luxury, and lasciviousness, and lust. What, in short, does he write to the Thessalonians withal? "For our consolation[187]
Verse 1 Thessalonians 2:3. _OUR EXHORTATION_] The word παρακλησις has a very extensive meaning; it signifies not only _exhortation_ and _teaching_ in general, but also _encouragement, consolation_, a...
FOR OUR EXHORTATION - That is, the exhortation to embrace the gospel. The word seems to be used here so as to include preaching in general. The sense is, that the means which they used to induce them...
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)...
EXHORTATION. Greek. _paraklesis._ See Acts 4:36, and App-134. NOR. Greek. _oud_ e. GUILE. Greek. _dolos._ See Acts 13:10....
_For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile_ Read ERROR for _deceit_; and supply the Greek ellipsis by IS NOT (R. V.) rather than _was not_. The Apostle is setting forth t...
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...
§ 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...
Ἡ ΓᾺΡ ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΣΙΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΚ ΠΛΆΝΗΣ ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ἘΞ�. _For our appeal (is) not of (does not proceed from) error, nor from impurity, nor (is it made) in guile_. Παράκλησις may denote any kind of _animating...
ΠΑΡΆΚΛΗΣΙΣ (G3874) побуждение, одобрение, призыв. Это зов, объектом которого является прямая выгода тех, к кому он обращен. Зов этот может быть побуждением или советом, в зависимости от обстоятельств....
FOR OUR EXHORTATION WAS NOT OF DECEIT,— _For our doctrine was not erroneous, nor impure, nor such as could seduce you._...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:3) 3 FOR OUR EXHORTATION _IS_ NOT OF ERROR, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS, NOR IN GUILE: Translation and Paraphrase 3. For (you see) the message which we urge you to accept is not (som...
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: FOR - the ground of his 'boldness' (1 Thessalonians 2:2), his freedom from 'deceit [ planee (G4106): imposture, before men],...
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...
It would seem that St. Paul was at first looked upon by some as an impostor, seeking his own ends. He declares that he came with a sincere desire for their salvation only. DECEIT] better, 'error.' UNC...
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...
“The reason that we were able to endure so much was our consciousness of the sincerity and purity of our attention.” EXHORTATION. — Exhortation is an attempt to make men take a particular line of acti...
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_....
γάρ : Our mission (whatever that of others may be) is not the outcome of self-seeking, otherwise it would readily be checked by such untoward circumstances. Our confidence is in _God_, not in ourselve...
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...
MOTIVES BEHIND PAUL'S PREACHING In a city filled with idol worship, the presentation of a religious message without trickery being used for personal gain would surely impress the hearers. Also, Paul...
(3) For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of (b) uncleanness, nor in guile: (3) To teach pure doctrine faithfully and with a pure heart. (b) By any wicked and evil type of dealing....
_Our exhortation was not proceeding from error. [1] That is, was not by promoting errors, or uncleanness. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] De errore, &c. i.e. ex errore, _Greek: ek planes, &c._...
(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...
3_For our exhortation_. He confirms, by another argument, the Thessalonians in the faith which they had embraced — inasmuch as they had been faithfully and purely instructed in the word of the Lord, f...
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...
FOR OUR EXHORTATION,.... Or "consolation"; for the ministry of the Gospel, which is here meant, consists of doctrines full of comfort to distressed minds, such as free justification by the righteousne...
For our exhortation _was_ not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: Ver. 3. _Was not of deceit, nor, &c._] Neither for profit, pleasure, nor preferment (the worldling's trinity). A minister, a...
_For our exhortation_ That is, our preaching, a part being put for the whole; _was not of deceit_ With a design to seduce or corrupt any one by false doctrine; or, we preach not a lie, but the truth o...
NOT OF DECEIT, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS; it did not spring from deceit, nor impure motives. NOR IN GUILE; we had no crafty designs of our own to accomplish under the cloak of preaching the gospel....
PAUL'S MANNER OF WORKING IN THESSALONICA. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 He came with the humble desire to serve God:...
FOR OUR EXHORTATION WAS NOT OF DECEIT, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS, NOR IN GUILE;...
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...
“FOR OUR EXHORTATION IS NOT OF ERROR, NOR OF UNCLEANNESS, NOR IN GUILE” “Exhortation”: (1 Corinthians 14:3). “Persuasive discourse, calling to one's side, for admonition, encouragement, or comfort” _...
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; OUR EXHORTATION; whereby he means either the whole gospel he preached, by a synecdoche, or particularly that which is hortatory; what was first taught doctrinally was followed with exhortation...
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile [The word "exhortation" has a double significance--it includes the idea of rousing the slothful, and also that of comforting the s...
1 Thessalonians 2:3 For G1063 our G2257 exhortation G3874 not G3756 from G1537 error G4106 or G3761 G1537
‘For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile, but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who prove...
1 Thessalonians 2:3. FOR. Paul proceeds to show that his manner of preaching was in keeping with the fact that the Gospel he preached was from God. It was not a private idea or invitation of his own,...
_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...
EXHORTATION (παρακλησις). Persuasive discourse, calling to one's side, for admonition, encouragement, or comfort.NOT OF ERROR (ουκ εκ πλανης). This word is same as πλαναω, to lead astray (2 Timot...
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...
THE APPEAL WE MAKE TO YOU. Many people define faith as: _"something you believe, even though you know it isn't true_." The Good News of Christ is based upon EVIDENCE! Paul makes it plain that they do...
_For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile _ EXHORTATION The whole gospel preaching and message is so called, as permeated by, and living in, an atmosphere of gentle, s...
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
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:3 The missionaries did not have a faulty message, impure motives, or questionable methods. They preached the gospel as those APPROVED BY GOD and as those comm...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:3. FOR OUR EXHORTATION.—The word reminds us of Christ’s word, “I will send you another Advocate”—“Paraclete.” Our advocacy of the gospel of Christ wa...
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 Samuel 12:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:6;...
Exhortation [π α ρ α κ λ η σ ι ς]. See on Luke 6:24 and 1 Corinthians 14:3. Exhortation or counsel is Paul's usual sense. Of deceit [ε κ π λ α ν η ς]. Better, of error. It may imply deceit as accompan...
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...
For our exhortation — That is, our preaching. A part is put for the whole. Is not, at any time, of deceit — We preach not a lie, but the truth of God. Nor of uncleanness — With any unholy or selfish v...
Here our apostle assigns. subordinate reason why his preaching was so successful amongst the Thessalonians, namely, because it was very sincere. There was both sincerity in the doctrine preached, and...