τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες. Cf. Romans 15:13; dat. = because of your hope; their hope is motive of joy; and hope naturally springs from the thought of the Spirit and the Lord; cf. Revelation 22:17.

τῇ θλίψει. In your tribulation—a recognised condition of the Christian profession; cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 3:3 f. alibi S. H. call attention to the regular appearance of this note of persecution from the beginning of S. Paul’s Epp.

υπομένοντες. Absol. as 2 Timothy 2:12; Hebrews 12:7; 1 Peter 2:20. It takes the accus. of the object.

τῇ προσευχῇ προσκαρτεροῦντες. Cf. Acts 1:14; Acts 2:42; Acts 6:4; Colossians 4:2; your practice of prayer; in this and the two following clauses the subst. is governed by the verb.

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