So that none of you should turn back. Persecution placed terrific pressures on the Christian. "Turning back" to the world would eliminate these pressures, but bring God's wrath. Such persecutions are part of God's will for us. Compare Matthew 10:34-39; Hebrews 12:5-11. The struggle is important! Remember: the unbelievable conditions before the Flood, produced eight righteous people (1 Peter 3:20).
Verse 1 Thessalonians 3:3. _THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED_] That is, caused to apostatize from Christianity. _WE ARE APPOINTED THEREUNTO._] εις τουτο κειμεθα. _We are_ _exposed to this, we lie open to...
THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED - The word rendered “moved” (σαίνω sainō) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means to wag, to move to and fro, as of dogs which wag their tails in fond...
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...
NO MAN. Greek. _medeia._ MOVED: or, agitated. Greek. _saino._ Only here. AFFLICTIONS. Greek. _thlipsis._ See 1 Thessalonians 1:6. KNOW. App-132. ARE APPOINTED. Literally lie. Greek. _keimai._ Compa...
_that no_man _should be moved by these afflictions_ Better, THAT NO MAM BE MOVED (R. V.). "Objective sentence, explaining and specifying the subject-matter of the exhortation" (Ellicott). "That" means...
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...
ΤΟ (ΣΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ) in all uncials. G has the Latinism ινα; latt vg, _ut nemo moveatur_. 3. ΤῸ ΜΗΔΈΝΑ ΣΑΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΘΛΊΨΕΣΙΝ ΤΑΎΤΑΙΣ. _To wit, that no one be shaken in mind_ (or _befooled) amid these...
§ 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 TO 1 Thessalonians 3:5. The Separation of the Apostles from their Converts After the pause for thanksgiving to God, which in its turn led up to the stern denunciation of Jewi...
ΣΑΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΣΑΊΝΩ (G4525) трясти или вилять, в особенности о собаке, виляющей хвостом, с целью подольститься, очаровать, втереться в доверие, сбить с истинного пути (Lightfoot, No...
FOR YOURSELVES KNOW— Here seems to be a particular allusion to Acts 9:15; Acts 20:23. What Apostles, prophets, and even common Christians were to expect in the world, see Matthew 10:34....
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:3-4) 3 THAT NO MAN BE MOVED _BY_ THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT HEREUNTO WE ARE APPOINTED. 4 FOR VERILY, WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, WE TOLD YOU BEFOREHAND THAT WE ARE...
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. MOVED - `shaken.' [ Sainesthai (G4525) is said of dogs wagging the tail in fawning on one.] Ti...
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...
THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
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...
MOVED, or more literally, _seduced._ The very peculiar word in the original means, in the first instance, the _fawning_ of an animal upon its master: then, through the intermediate sense of “wheedling...
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_....
_Cf._ Artemid., _Oneirocritica_ ii. 11, ἀλλότριοι δὲ κύνες σαίνοντες μὲν δόλους καὶ ἐνέδρας ὑπὸ πονηρῶν ἀνδρῶν [_cf._ 2 Thessalonians 3:2] ἢ γυναικῶν [_cf._ Acts 17:4] σημαίνουσιν....
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...
PAUL'S CONCERN FOR THEIR FAITH Because he had been forced to leave Thessalonica and prevented from returning, he reached a point where his concern for the church made him decide to be left in Athens a...
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (1) for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. (1) The will of God, who calls his own on this condition, to bring them to glory by afflicti...
_That we are appointed thereunto. That is, meet with trials and troubles in this world, as our Saviour Christ foretold. (Witham)_...
(3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. (4) For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;...
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 ye yourselves know_. As all would gladly exempt themselves from the necessity of bearing the cross, Paul teaches that there is no reason why believers should feel dismayed on occasion of persecu...
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...
THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS,.... Which the apostle endured for the sake of preaching the Gospel among them, and which he feared might be a means of troubling their minds, of shaki...
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. Ver. 3. _That no man should be moved_] Gr. σαινεσθαι, flattered, as a dog flattereth, by moving...
BE MOVED; be led to renounce his religion on account of the trials to which it exposed him. WE ARE APPOINTED; it is a part of God's gracious plan that his people in this world should suffer trials. C...
VARIOUS PROOFS OF PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE THESSALONIANS He sent Timothy to them as his representative:...
THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT WE ARE APPOINTED THERE UNTO....
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 sent to help them, 3:1-5 1 WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlab...
“THAT NO MAN BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT HERE UNTO WE ARE APPOINTED” “That”: The hoped for end result of Timothy's mission. “NO MAN”: God is concerned about the salvation...
1-5 The more we find pleasure in the ways of God, the more we shall desire to persevere therein. The apostle's design was to establish and comfort the Thessalonians as to the object of their faith, t...
The apostle had mentioned before his great afflictions, and they knew well what he himself had suffered both at Thessalonica and Berea, ACTS 17:1, and therefore might fear they might hereupon be shake...
that no man [of you] _be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed_. ["We" refers to all Christians, and Theophylact sagely remarks, "Let all Christians hear this....
1 Thessalonians 3:3 one G3367 shaken G4525 (G5745) by G1722 these G5025 afflictions G2347 for G1063 yourselves...
‘Wherefore when we could not longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister (or fellow worker) in the Good News of Christ, to establish...
1 Thessalonians 3:3. FOR YOURSELVES KNOW. Expected tribulations can be no trial to faith, however they may try our sincerity and integrity. From the first God declares to His people that they may coun...
_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....
THAT NO MAN BE MOVED (το μηδενα σαινεσθα). Epexegetical articular infinitive in accusative case of general reference. Σαινω is old word to wag the tail, to flatter, beguile and this sense suits her...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 I. The purpose of Timothy's mission to the Thessalonians was to establish, to make them steadfast in the midst of persecution, to make them rooted and grounded in love, to make the...
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....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 3:3 Paul sent Timothy to strengthen the persecuted Thessalonians (see 2 Thessalonians 1:5). we are destined
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:3. THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED.—The word seems to imply “moved to softness,” as Professor Jowett intimates. It is used especially of the motion of a...
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 15:58; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 4:12;...
Moved [σ α ι ν ε σ θ α ι]. N. T. o o LXX In Class., as early as Homer, of dogs; to wag the tail, fawn (Hom. Obadiah 1:10; Obadiah 1:217; Obadiah 1:16; Obadiah 1:
We are appointed hereto — Are in every respect laid in a fit posture for it, by the very design and contrivance of God himself for the trial and increase of our faith and all other graces. He gives ri...
As if the apostle had said, "One great end why. have sent Timothy among you is this, lest either upon the account of your own afflictions, or my sufferings, you should be moved from your stedfastness,...