Tertullian The Apology
If equanimity be the contention, you have Lycurgus choosing death by self-starvation, because the Lacons had made some emendation of his laws: the Christian, even when he is condemned, gives thanks.[68]
Verse 18. _IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS_] For this reason, that all things work together for good to them that love God; therefore, every occurrence may be a subject of gratitude and thankfulness. While...
IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS - See the Ephesians 5:20 note; Philippians 4:6 note. We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dis...
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
SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. 1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Church h...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
GIVE THANKS. Greek. _eucharisteo._ See 1 Thessalonians 1:2. WILL. App-102. CHRIST JESUS. App-98. CONCERNING. in regard to. Greek. _eis_. App-104....
Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
_In every_thing _give thanks_ This again the Apostle taught by example as well as precept; see ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-10; and comp. Philippians 4:6;...
16–18. ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ ΧΑΊΡΕΤΕ, ἈΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ, ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ. _Always rejoice; unceasingly pray; in everything give thanks_. The adverbs, emphatically prefixed to the three imperatives, co...
§ 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Directions for Holy Living In § 7 (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) _the saintship_ of the Thessalonians supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostles’ charge. The virtues of...
D*G and several minn. insert εστιν in 2nd clause (ΤΟΥΤΟ ΓΑΡ ΕΣΤΙΝ)—an example of seeming Latinisms in the Western text; cf. note on 1 Thessalonians 4:17 above. Or is εστιν due to the parallel in 1 The...
ΈΝ ΠΑΝΤΊ (G1722; G3956) при любых обстоятельствах. В том числе в условиях преследований и испытаний (Milligan). ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить, ΤΟΎΤΟ (G3778)) эт...
DISCOURSE: 2205 THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION 1 Thessalonians 5:16. _Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you_. THE...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:18) 18 IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO YOU-WARD. Translation and Paraphrase 18. Give thanks in every thing (that happens to you),...
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. IN EVERYTHING - even what seems adverse; for nothing is really so (cf. Romans 8:28; Ephesians 5:20.) So Christ...
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)....
Cp. Ephesians 5:20. Prayer is put between joy and thanksgiving, because it is only by constant prayer that we are enabled to feel true joy or gratitude. God's will towards us is that we should be alwa...
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...
IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS. — To the Christian who really trusts his Father’s providence, and believes that his prayers are heard, every moment’s occurrence will be just that which he has prayed for —...
CHAPTER 14 THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Thessalonians 5:16 (R.V.) THE three precepts of these three verses may be called the standing orders of the Christian Church. However various the circu...
Chrysostom, who wrote: τὸ ἀεὶ δηλονότι εὐχαριστεῖν, τοῦτο φιλοσόφου ψυχῆς, gave a practical illustration of this heroic temper by repeating, as he died in the extreme hardships of an enforced and pain...
General instructions for the church....
“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...
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN In 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul had noted their joy. As he closed out this letter, the apostle wanted to urge the brethren to make joy an ever present part of the...
In every thing give thanks: for this is the (f) will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (f) An acceptable thing to God, and such as he approves well of....
(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pea...
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...
18_For this is the will of God _— that is, according to Chrysostom’s opinion — that we _give thanks_. As for myself, I am of opinion that a more ample meaning is included under these terms — that God...
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...
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS,.... That is, to God the Father, in the name of Christ; see Ephesians 5:20 thanks are to be given to him for all things, as the Ethiopic version renders it; for all temporal...
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Ver. 18. _In everything give thanks_] If God give prosperity, praise him, and it shall be increased, saith Augu...
_Rejoice evermore_ In your present privileges and future hopes. See note on Romans 14:17; Php 4:4; 1 Peter 1:6. _Pray without ceasing_ In order to maintain and improve this holy joy, be always in a sp...
A dependent, grateful, and benevolent spirit, manifested in habitual thanksgiving and in supplication for ourselves and our fellow-men, is peculiarly pleasing to God....
The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:...
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU....
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...
B. Appeal for steadfastness, 5:16-22 16 REJOICE EVERMORE. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spi...
“IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS TO YOU-WARD” “In everything give thanks”: Yes even be grateful for the hard times (Romans 5:3). “Bless the Lord,. my soul, and...
16-22 We are to rejoice in creature-comforts, as if we rejoiced not, and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. A truly rel...
OLBGrk; IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS: when we have obtained mercy by prayer, then we are to give thanks, and whatever we may pray for, that we ought to give thanks for. And so by that understand and lim...
in everything give thanks [not for peace and prosperity only, but also for affliction and persecution (Acts 5:41), and as did Paul and Silas at Philippi-- Acts 16:25]: _for this_ [the discharge of the...
1 Thessalonians 5:18 in G1722 everything G3956 thanks G2168 (G5720) for G1063 this G5124 will G2307 God...
‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of t...
1 Thessalonians 5:18. IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS. ‘For example, (1) in the use of God's gifts: Acts 27:35, _He took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all_ (2) In the enjoyment of social...
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....
IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS (εν παντ ευχαριστειτε). There is a silver lining to every cloud. God is with us whatever befalls us. It is God's will that we find joy in prayer in Christ Jesus in every c...
1 Thessalonians 5:16 I. "Rejoice evermore." The Thessalonian converts were living in the sphere of sorrow. The Apostle exhorts them to be "girded with gladness." This rejoicing, being in the Lord, is...
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...
BE THANKFUL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. God gives "problem-opportunities." Every problem contains an opportunity; every opportunity contains a problem. Note this speaks to Christians (_see_ Romans 8:28)....
_In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you _ THANKSGIVING The duty and privilege of praise are not appreciated. Worship--ascribing worth to God and descri...
_Rejoice evermore _ A TRINITY OF PRIVILEGES I. Study these advices separately. 1. “Rejoice evermore.” Rejoice because of-- (1) Your conversion. (2) Your privileges as children of God. (3) Your a...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 GIVE THANKS. Christians are to be marked by thanksgiving (Ephesians 5:4,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:16_ The Secret of a Happy Life. Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of the soul when it is filled with the peace o...
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...
1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; C
Will [θ ε λ η μ α]. In the sense of requirement. Comp. ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:3....
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...
For this — That you should thus rejoice, pray, give thanks. Is the will of God — Always good, always pointing at our salvation....
Observe here, 1. The duty required, and that is, thanksgiving. 2. The extent of the duty, IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS, that is be thankful in every condition, and for every providential dispensation,...