1:4 encourages (a-2) _ Parakaleo_ , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in _ paramutheomai_ , so translated in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 'console,' John 11:19 ,... [ Continue Reading ]
11:3 simplicity (e-23) 'Simplicity' here refers, not to a personal trait, but to the doctrine as to Christ; what a faithful heart retained in simplicity, as taught in the truth. To say 'which [is] in the Christ,' is too much as if it were in Christ himself, not the doctrine.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:6 simple (f-6) As 'uninstructed,' Acts 4:13 . you. (g-25) Or 'before you.'... [ Continue Reading ]
11:8 ministry (h-8) _ Diakonia_ . see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:23 ministers (a-3) _ Diakonos_ . see Note. 1 Corinthians 4:1 . [so]; (b-15) The word here translated 'above measure' is so used constantly by the apostle, though not indeed separated from the word it refers to. But I do not find that it is used adverbially for 'more than;' and the expression 'as... [ Continue Reading ]
11:24 one. (c-12) * See Deuteronomy 25:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:27 toil, (d-4) See same words in 1 Thessalonians 2:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:28 burden (e-16) 'Burden' here means any solicitude or anxiety, but 'care' misleads, because it conveys the idea of taking care of, which is not the sense. Same word as 'anxious care,' Matthew 13:22 , and 'care,' 1 Peter 5:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]
11:32 ethnarch (a-4) i.e. the governor of the province.... [ Continue Reading ]
11:33 by (b-12) Or 'through,' _ dia_ .... [ Continue Reading ]